Peso gets into The Word!!

      As I write this it is the day after Thanksgiving, or better known as Black Friday. Why is the best shopping day for businesses called "Black" Friday? Last year at SI we had a Thanksgiving meal for the staff but this year we decided to not have that but rather let everyone have some time on their own. It has been a great year but a full one so a little down time was nice to have. We also celebrated our 30th anniversary on Monday of this week. Interesting how we both will have celebrated our 50th birthdays as well as our 30th Anniversary. Who would have ever guessed that 5 years ago? God has a way of changing our plans and making His way clear for us. It has been a great 30 years. We are super excited to see where the next 30 years will take us. Only He knows.
      Life here has been good, We have been busy interviewing people for open positions and moving people from one site to another and training up new staff for whatever comes next in their lives. It is really energizing to be part of this. At times it seems like we are trying so hard to keep our heads above water that we don't have time, energy or resources to look to the future. Things are changing and moving forward. There are growing pains involved but with many changes things are going well. Karen continues to hold the attendance at Genesis at about 40 children. With 9 teachers, it keeps her busy trying to keep things afloat there. She loves it and is doing a great job. We are not planing on going back to Indiana for Christmas since we were just there in Sept. So I plan to do some work at some of the sites that is hard to do when they are open. Marcy and I will also probably do some moto riding.
    For the last week, we have had the privilege of hosting a couple of ladies from Harrison VA - Kelsy and her sister Kate Miller. They are friends of Eric Miller, our Micro-finance site leader. They came to see what he was doing here as well as to help Karen a few days at Genesis. Kelsy has interest in being an Occupational Therapist and  Kate is wanting to become an RN. Kate also followed Rachel Snyder, our staff Physicians Assistant, for a day. So in the end, Eric's friends have now become our friends. Thanks for staying with us and you are welcome back anytime.
    So the photo for this blog is of our guest dog Peso (he is Buddy's son). If you remember we are housing him for a family that has gone home to do more fundraising and will be returning in March. We the other day I came home to find he had gotten a hold of my bible that I use in the mornings for my devotional time on the front deck. I guess he did a better job of me than "digging in and really eating the word". Looks like there is a lesson in everything.  That's about it for the life in the U house for the last couple of weeks.