Korey Sings in Church with Kim Sept 26, 2010

Korey is a Christian

We are very excited to announce that our daughter Korey is now a Christian.  Watch the attached video to hear her story and see her baptism on August 24, 2008.

Well, we made it California.  Thank you for your prayers and calls along the way.  It was truly a lot of fun.  Here is a shot from our first Easter at Berkeley Avenue Baptist.  There were several families who came together for the Easter Egg Hunt and the worship service had a sweet spirit.  The church members are very excited right now, and I think we are about to see some really cool things happen.  I have had some trouble with my INTERNET service so please excuse the slow update.  I will have a new cable line run to my house next week so things should get better.  

Thumper Surfs on in to Cali

Thumper Shot of the Day, West Texas Sunset

We are in El Paso Tonight at La Quinta

Tonight I am sleeping in El Paso.  Here are a few first I saw today.

1. The Mexico/Texas border

2. A man cross I-10 on a horse.

3. A tumbleweed hit my van.

4. A really nice man who owns a restaurant named Chuy's in Von Horn.  I had my picture made with him.  Sports commentator Don Madden has made Chuy's famous by stopping there each year and listing it as one of his favorite places to each.  Don always orders number 21, the Pollo (chicken).  

5. A Texas dust storm. 

Today We Made it to Arlington, TX (Dallas)

Things I have learned today:  

1. Mississippi has the worst roads in the nation. 

2. If you hold your coke bottle just right you can blow across the hole and play the jug with old country tunes.

3. GPS's can be wrong.

4. Learning to speak Spanish while traveling is a good idea, or should I say "bueno." 

5. My CD of Ray Charles and John Lee Hooker was disappointing, but educational for $5.  

6. Ravi Zacharias, noted Christian apologeticists,  is muy, muy smarter than me. 

7. Hotels which cost $29.99 are priced that way for a reason.  

8. My dad can be really funny.  

9. If you see some young ladies having a party at Applebee's in Dallas, don't ask them if the girl with the vail is getting married.  They are rude. 

10. Thumper is a good road companion, he reminds me of my family, and he doesn't have to make frequent stops at the potty.  

11. Dallas has 3 great ranchero music stations.  

12. Opera in English is comprehended just as poorly as Latin opera.  And the music is equally as lame. 

13. Singer/Actor Ricky Nelson died in a plane crash when he was very young.  His last concert was played in Guntersville, AL. 

14. I have 1717 miles left to drive.  El Paso will be our next stop.