The Been Briefing

i guess i should write an update....

it's been a month since the last update, so i feel the need to at least write you all and let you know that jody and i are still alive... and surely something new has happened in our lives since the last time i wrote!

the days are marching on, and yet i can't believe it's not october yet. i have a confession: september is dragging on and on. i am exhausted, and i wish i could sleep a solid 24 hours. i bet i'd wake up and feel like a totally new person!

ok, first jody. this month jody started his second semester at denver seminary. he is taking a full load, and on top of that, one of his classes is a training and mentoring class, which requires him to have two mentors who are already out serving "in the world". thankfully, the two men he asked to be his mentors accepted, and he's enjoyed spending time with them. one of the mentors is our pastor, tj, who is a hilarious, loud man (the best way to describe him is 'my big fat greek wedding'. tj is greek, and he uses that movie to describe his family. i could not agree more.) the other mentor is a man named matt, who also serves in our church. i truly appreciate these men's willingness to spend time with jody, investing in him and growing him in the Lord. i am also thankful that in the future jody will have opportunities to take on different responsibilities in the church to really put his degree to some use before he graduates. keeps his feet on the ground, i think, and not just in the clouds with all of seminary's theories.
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more to be continued later....