April 2018 Update

I began February’s update talking about 70 degree weather in winter, and March’s update talking about almost two feet of snow.  Spring and winter are still confused here.  We had an ice storm this past Sunday that forced the cancelation of church due to the dangerous conditions.  Kortney and family (in the Minneapolis area) got close to two feet of snow that same day!  I was supposed to sing “Desert of My Days” (look up Larnelle Harris singing it on YouTube if you want to hear a better version than mine would have been) for special music, but that has now been postponed to April 29.  I’d appreciate prayers for God to use it to comfort His people with the assurance of His help through our troubles.

 

Ice storm!

The only family celebration this month was Carissa’s birthday on 3/23, which we had to celebrate from afar.  However, we’re excited that we’re going to visit Carissa, Matt, and Ruby, Caitlin and Ben, and Cai and Amy in early May for a quick weekend trip!

 

We had the family over for Easter, including Krista’s sister, Nanita, and her family.  The Mickles and Sommers came over the day before to decorate eggs and get other things ready.  Josie (Ella’s youngest) and I spent some quality time chilling together.  She told me some great stories about the family, which you can hear in the video below.  After our Easter Sunday dinner, we did an egg hunt in the back yard.  Krista went above and beyond with the prizes in the eggs!  It seems like every year she ups her game a little bit.  I’ll have to draw the line, though, when she starts putting car keys in the eggs.

 

Easter egg hunt

I just finished reading a book called “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist” by Frank Turek and Norman Geisler.  If you’re a Christian, I highly recommend it!  It will give you the credible facts that form the basis of our faith.  Our faith is not blind belief in something far-fetched, but rather the best conclusion based on the evidence of the world and history.  If you are not a Christian, I highly recommend it!  It will challenge your faith in lesser things than the one true God of the universe!

 

This past Saturday 4/14, Carissa’s barbershop chorus, Jersey Sound, competed in their regional event and did very well.  We were able to watch the live stream and were very impressed.  I think you can still watch the recorded stream if you want https://www.region19sai.org/webcast.html.  Her group is in part 2 about 27 minutes into the video.  My barbershop chorus is working on our annual show on 5/19 in Penfield, NY (near Rochester).  If anyone is interested in tickets, let me know.

 

Watching Carissa's chorus (she's on the bottom left)

Hopefully by the time I write May’s update, Spring will have figured out the correct weather.  I’ll let you know next month!