We're back

The North Sea was absolutely wonderful. Not so much for the great beach or big waves; more just because we were finally able to get away and be more or less alone. We haven't had a vacation together for five years. It was much needed time.

Jamie is such an easy baby. He doesn't cry much and he smiles all the time. It's funny...we're able to go out to a half-way romantic dinner together, take Jamie with us and he sleeps the whole time at the table, on two chairs next to us. (Evidence right)

We went to an American Harbor in a city called Cuxhaven. There we visited a museum dedicated to all the people who began immigrating to America and Canada starting around 1867. Cuxhaven was one of the major ports from which transcontinental liners would set sail. They would start in Hamburg go to Cuxhaven and then on to London before touching down in Ellis Island, or as with some better-known vessels, in the middle of the Atlantic.

There's so much going on. God is really blessing the youth group. The young people are learning a lot about prayer on their own. The Holy Spirit is really moving through them. I'm thankful.

Good to be home looking at my wife across the room in our own living room.