The city of Ianopolis is still under construction. I hope to have some pictures posted soon. Right now I am desperately searching for a picture of me from about 8 years ago and 80 lbs ago.

Stay tuned.

I love this country.

A professor in college once asked me, “What do you like best about this country?” This was a simple question for me to answer and I replied, “I like that I can worship God and I can teach my children to worship God and for the most part I don’t have to worry about persecution.” That statement is just as true today as it was then, however, I have been thinking about another reason I am grateful to live in this country.

We recently had our seventh child and as our family has grown I am increasingly grateful that I live in a country were it is possible for a man to work and earn enough to support himself and eight other people. While I would confess that much of the wealth of this nation and much of my own is wasted on frivolous things, I am nonetheless grateful that I have the honor of being the provider for my home. I have the privilege of being able to provide my wife with a safe home where she can spend her days teaching and loving our kids. I don’t know if there is another country on earth were the life that my wife and I have chosen to live is so easily accessible. So for today my prayer is this:

Jesus, thank you for providing me with a place to live where

I can teach my kids to worship you in the open and without fear.

Thank you for all the resources that you have provided me and my

family. Help me to use those resources for things that last forever and

forgive me for the times that I waste them. You are good. Help

me to be faithful even if all of this should be taken from me.

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