i'm back

it's been exactly one month since my last entry, and a lot has happened. i'm not gonna try and play catch up, so i'll just summarize...


italy was fantastic. liz and i had such a great time. beautiful art, great weather, cool history, tasty food, and of course a romantic 2 weeks with each other. we spent the first week in florence, and the second week in rome. we ate gelato at least once a day, sometimes twice. probably the most fun we had was a day bike tour in the tuscan countryside. we toured a winery and saw some magnificent scenery. i did fall once while we were running in the morning (i won't go into the whole thing), and hurt my left hand pretty bad. not broken or dislocated, but a reall y bad bruise. i went once to the doctor and had x-rays. will go back again the end of this week.

liz and i came back from this vaca so rested and relaxed. although we thoroughly enjoyed our time away, we were ready to get back home. i eased into work, still recovering from the time difference. it was very good to be back at church that sunday morning. it was brad andersons really-for-real last day before they moved, so i had him play drums one last time. good times.

a week ago yesterday, liz drove up to her parents' house and they left together to visit her sister and brother-in-law up in new brunswick. they just moved there a couple weeks ago and liz and her parents are helping them get set up and visiting with them. i've talked with liz a few times and she is having a good time. i'm keeping busy here at home so i won't miss my wife too bad. (but i do!) i've had the opp to hang out with some good friends, which has been nice. liz will return on august 2nd, just as i'm returning from the sovereign grace worship conference in gaithersburg, md. very much looking forward to that. (the conference, and liz returning!)

okay, i'll consider myself caught up. i always love summer because of the time to rest and rejuvenate, but i always find myself ready for the structure that the coming change of season will bring. back to preparing for tonight's worship rehearsal. i love my job! :-)