finally friday

it felt like a nice quiet friday. the office is slow and there's normally a sense of peace from a hard work week. but for the gulf coast, there was no slowing down, and even more destruction spread as the chemical fire erupted. constantly on my mind are the victims streaming to Kelly AFB and all over Texas and the mid-south. most newscasts are only covering the katrina clean up, and i'm thankful they are--the money that has already been raised is staggering. hopefully it will help in some way to rebuild all these families whose lives have been displaced. one of my teens told me that 30 families were moving into their school...yes, they are living on a school campus, and their children are attending classes as well. i can't imagine...but i can't really get my mind around the scope of this tragedy either. keep praying for all the families we know and don't know, and for president bush, whether you like him or not, and whether you normally pray or not, and for all the relief organizations.

felt like monday...and tuesday...and wednesday

it was a good day, but it felt like three. somehow, worship is planned, i taught class last night, and i've had about 4 meetings this week, but there is so much left to do--i suppose that's a good thing though. we start our new fall series on the book of acts this sunday. all classes, adults and teens, will be charting through acts until december. hopefully we'll experience in some way the excitement of pentecost and remember that we still have the holy spirit with us. meredith is in bed early, so it's quiet...but she's so cute and fun, you kind of miss her when she's asleep. i think we'll be content and just see her in the morning, though. God bless the victims on the gulf coast and all the distaster relief that's on its way.