Scribbles in the Sun

Since I'm procrastinating/avoiding other things at the moment, I decided today would be an excellent day to start packing the books in my office. This is actually fairly comical, since for the past 4 years or so, most of my "work" books have been on my office floor or at my house. A few weeks ago, a beautiful new bookshelf was put in my office and I quickly filled it and even brought a few boxes of books from home. Now less than a month later, I'm tearing it all apart again! Because I'll be storing most of my books in my parents' basement, I figured I should catalogue my books as well, for insurance purposes, in case anything happens to them. I've decided on a numbered box system, where I record the Box #, then list the books in the box (title, author, ISBN#). Also, I figured this would be the best way for me to locate a book at a later date, so I can avoid "needle in the haystack" adventures. Today I packed and recorded 88 books and I fee...

Just heard this afternoon, I have been approved by the Board of Directors!

Well, for a number of years I have been keeping a blog, and it has been so great to go back over the years and read some of my odd posts...and yes, some are more odd than others! But the time has come to change the blog up a bit and over the next few months I'm going to be changing the look, and probably the title (as I won't be living in Sylvan Lake anymore!). For those of you who haven't heard, I have put in my resignation at the church and will be officially done in June. After that, well, I'm going to go where the wind takes me and begin living a hippie lifestyle. Just kidding...but I would kind of like to live as a hippie...sigh. Anyway, I'll actually be going where God has decided to take me, and that is to Latin America. I have applied with the Christian and Missionary Alliance to be an international worker, and I am hoping this week to get the final "OK" when the board of directors meet in Turkey at General Assembly. Right now, the tentative...