How Far Do I Go?

I’ve decided to shave my beard. I’ve located a barber shop that still does straight-razor shaves. I’ve got a couple of friends lined up and they are going to video tape the operation. But I haven’t decided how far I will go.

Should I leave the mustache or shave it all?

Leave me comments as to your opinion and why I should or should not shave the mustache too.

Back from Bosnia

We got back from Bosnia a little over a week ago. We flew in on Tuesday (8/5) just in time to greet evening rush-hour traffic. The next morning I was at work. There has been much going on at work in my absence and now that I’m back I have much to do.

Trip Results

We had an awesome time there. We saw many sights and learned a lot of Bosnia history. The Childrens’ Festival was a huge success. The kids had a great time and the Novi Most center had a great response. The kids had never seen such toys, games, and the bounce house. I’m sure it’s being talked about for weeks.

Video Man

I took my video camera and got some good shots. I’m trying to sift through over three hours of video now to show how to make it interesting.

The Spiritual Journey

This was an amazing spiritual trip for me. I’m calling this year my “boot camp” year because it has been such an intense spiritual walk. Well, this trip was the 20-mile hike with full pack! It was very tough – and I’m so glad I did it.

Thank you so much to all of you who supported me on this trip. I had a lot of financial support but, more importantly, I had a lot of prayer support. I needed the prayers and they were felt.

Thank you!
Patrick

Avery Visit

Avery visited last week for a few days. But what she got done was so helpful. She went through the studio and got a lot of the cloth-for-the-millennium out of there. She also found her old baby book which we feared was lost.

Avery also showed me her phone which a treasure trove of Gracie photos. I got her to send me the one to the left. She is so cute!

Avery posts the latest Gracie story on her blog at The Blig on Live Journal.

Grave Marker

I had finally ordered Trudie’s grave marker last month and they sent me notification that they had delivered it.

I went by on Saturday to see it. It’s the first time I had been able to get up the gumption to go there. I couldn’t find it at first so I had to ask at the office but the nice man led me right to it.

It’s been a sad time for me. I’m leaning hard on Jesus the last couple of weeks. I know this is part of the normal grieving process and I’m glad I’m going THROUGH it and not around it. But it is not easy. “This too shall pass.”

Bosnia

Most of you know that on July 26th our team leaves for Bosnia. We will be updating the Bosnia Youth Festival ’08 blog to let you know how we are doing. Put your e-mail address in the side-box and you’ll get updates to your e-mail.

Short Term Mission Trip

I’m going on a short term mission trip to Bosnia. We leave July 27th and return on Aug 5th.

Read all about our team on the blog we’ve setup:
http://bosyoufes08.blogspot.com/

We will be posting things along the way and while we are there. You can subscribe to that blog and get e-mailed when we’ve added new postings.