playing catch up...

a shout out to Thanksgiving Victory
For the last couple of months, I’ve been listening & re-listening to an mp3 series called “Thanksgiving Victory” by Keith Moore. I’ve found it to be incredibly encouraging – esp. in the reminders to purpose to give thanks. Be thankful. Practice thanksgiving… & not just in good times, or when things are going well. Another thing that really jumped out at me is the connection between giving thanks & exercising faith… that it takes faith to give thanks in times of difficulty or trouble.

Monday musings on a Thursday in Reno…
Got home last night about 9… the last leg of the trip, even though it was only a 2 hour flight from Denver, was the most challenging. I think its because I just wanted it to be OVER already. Some things that I’m pondering this morning in my partially convoluted (but never deluded) state are: -Coffee at home in my own kitchen sure tastes good. -Sitting on the couch last night with theBean with a good Cabernet made it seem like I’d never left at all. Funny. -My bum is killing me from all the sitting of the last 2 weeks. Wonder how bad it would have been if we hadn’t walked 10k/day? Feels like a big old bruise. Probably TMI…

playing catch up, #2
November p.m.. Monday night brought a couple of surprises – käse nacht (cheese night) at the Kern’s & a special tour of the Olde Gott Winery – with the local “Wine Queen” Corinna, who just happened to be a friend of Julia’s that had visited us in Reno for a few days. It was a very high tech winery, & is known as 1 of if not THE best production wine maker in Salsbachwald. Corinna gave us background on the local grapes (mostly whites with a couple of reds,) & then took us through the process the grapes go through to make the wine. (Took us through virtually, that is. Virtually. Not actually. That would only produce Whine.) Special surprise at the e

playing catch up…
15 November – Woke up early on Sunday to have a breakfast with Alex & Linda – she made her famous pfannküchen (pancakes.) Very nice. Alex dropped me by the TPLF Sunday a.m. service – I enjoyed time with friends; the room was totally packed to the point where it was standing room only. Eddy spoke on “Faith.” There was a bit of a rush to the Hauptbahnhof “main train station”, mostly due to my incredible ability to take the simplest of train switches & complicate them. I am convinced that this just may be my superpower, which will be wonderful & make me totally fit in if I every meet up with the cast of Mystery Men in a real life adventure

S-A-TUR-DAY… night.
Couldn’t sleep last night. Again. Not overtired, & no pain this time, just awake, missing home. Caught theBean at a good moment & we were able to set up a Skype with 4/5 of the fam. (Sorry Weez. You were hoopin’.) Almost forgot how beautiful that woman is. Wow. It takes ones breath away. Tried to sleep. Finally, asked Jesus to put me to sleep, & to “rest” me in the 5 hours I’d get. Next thing I knew… Woke up to a light rain, which has been par for the course. Not that I mind. Choco-croissant, coffee, time with theAlex & Linda, then the 45 minute trip to TPLF via the U1 & U7. Quiet morning at Roundabout, with good conve