Jay Garner, front, right, was ordained to the deacon ministry this morning. his grandmother, Frances Lewis, is next to him, his mother (Beulah) is behind him, his girlfriend (Anne) is on the other side of his grandmother, his aunt (Kitty) is behind her, his brother (Tom) is beside her, with HIS wife (Brenda), and his uncle (Frankie) is next to his mother. it was a pretty cool service to be a part of. first time ... again ... i really love these people!

Lea, Karen, and Doug Coppage came to visit, and share about the last two years they spent in Hungary working with the deaf. Awesome time. They visited us a couple of weeks before they left FOR there, so it was really cool to have them visit so soon after their return FROM there.  

as of ... this morning: 11:45 ... and it turns out Zulu IS greenwich mean time ... so that would have been ... 6:45 AM, EST ...

as of ... 2015 zulu time ... that doesn't mean greenwich time, does it? please God, help us help each other.

... that started from this tropic port, aboard this tidy ship ... the mate was a mighty sailor man ... yeah, RIGHT!!! 

the view from ... ahem ... the stern ... :-) Soozin took Leslie and me fishing on the river yesterday morning. what an incredible gift ... to be able to relax like that!  

this morning - hannah & caleb's second day, judson's first for kindergarten. he was soooo excited! .... but then pretty much glued to Leslie's and then my legs as we got ready to say goodbye. :-) (Leslie is holding his nap mat)

the afternoon winding down ... cold and wet, but still fun ...  

a tale of a fateful trip ...

volleyball ...  

food aplenty ... a "bounteous feast" 

just sit right back and you'll hear a tale ... 

Keith was tossing Hannah ... I could never get the timing right on the shutter ... might've been something about the light ... who knows? Brandon Stevens in the foreground.  

today went well, i think. the message came fairly quickly, though still late ... but i DID get a little more sleep than i usually get on saturday nights. this afternoon we joined some of the youth of the church as well as some of the adults from a couple of the classes for a picnic at Carolyn's beach (pictures to follow). it was pretty heavily overcast, and sprinkled off and on (fortunately for us, mostly off) all afternoon, but it was still warm enough for the most part to go swimming in the river, and go tubing behind cliff and soozin's boat. LOTS of fun. just a relaxed afternoon before getting into the swing of things for school on tuesday.

message is posted on 'emmerton messages' to the right ... if you're interested.

grace & peace

Judson, our youngest, is 5 today!!!