Back At It

I am bound and determined to get back at blogging. I repent in dust and ashes for not having written any updates about Leslie in so long. She is doing well, and is having treatment seven of twelve of her chemo regiment today. That means we are past the halway point! Because of my travel schedule I only worked part of the day today and so I was able to go by and visit her after a morning meeting. I took her Dove dark chocolate which is not only comforting, it's healthy! ;-) She looked as beautiful as ever in that chair, all bundled up under her blanket. After a short visit I went and grabbed a "fun guy" sandwich (it's a clever play on words, a grilled portobella sandwich, which is a fungus of course...but who would order something called a "fungi"?). I'm hoping it sounded as good five minutes after I gave it to her as it did when I first suggested it. Chemo has a funny way of changing her taste very quickly.

She and the kids had a big weekend this past one. I was gone, so she had the full brunt of life on her. Thankfully her brother Wil came over for a good bit of the time. This was, of course, a "blast" for the kids but from what I understand, quite wearisome for Uncle Wil. I returned from Arizona late Sunday night, about 12:30, and we all got up the next morning and hit the ground running.

My trip to Scottsdale was an especially good trip, although very tiring. I didn't sleep well any of the nights I was there. But my time at Covenant Community Church was wonderful. I attended their missions conference and spoke a few times about the work of MTW. I also had the opportunity to meet three other area pastors and talk with them about their missions ministry. The weather was absolutely perfect, I might add. While there I also had the chance to drive by my grandparents' old place in Mesa. It was truly a walk down memory lane. McGrooter was especially intrigued by the cactus in front. He thought it was too big to be real, but I assured him it was. He really wants to go to AZ and see a cactus.

That's all the update I have time for right now. I'll try and do better as the days come. Thanks to all of you who have continued to pray for us, especially for Les. It means more than we can express.