Friday!

Good morning! Think we'll get any rain? If this computer model is right, then it looks like about 7 inches. My pond will be happy, since it's almost dry. I did some final prep for the rain on my roof last night. I took my leaf blower up there and blew out all the gutters and put a little more roof cement on some places that looked like they needed it. Come on Isaac, I'm ready!

You know how one of my favorite quotes governs my life in a lot of ways? It's a quote that changed my life a few years back, and it comes from Henri Nouwen, a theologian who has had a deep impact on my life and ministry. Here's my paraphrase of it:

I used to complain about interruptions to my work until I realized the interruptions are my work.

I got to use/apply that a couple of times yesterday. Details? No, I would have to kill you. I just share that to tell you that my (to)day is different than I anticipated it would be, looking at it yesterday. I've still got work to do, and I'm not complaining. It's all good. I do hope to carve out a few hours sometime today to take a little time to recharge my batteries.

I drove the junior high cross country bus to Pekin last night. I really enjoyed that. Anytime you get to be with Larry M. is a good time. The boys and girls both won, and we have some church kids on the team. I got to enjoy and encourage them some. It was hot! I was so glad that I ran yesterday morning.

We heard a little more from Rebecca in Costa Rica. She successfully survived her scavenger hunt. Part of it was to find a pay phone and use a (supplied) phone card to call someone back in the U.S. Rebecca called Kedra and spoke to her briefly. It was limited but we did find out that her host family speaks no English, their house is small but clean, Rebecca has a single bed in the same room as her 2 "sisters" who sleep in bunk beds. The house has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. She is still unclear about Internet connections.

Tonight we go to Paoli to play football. Paoli is a highly ranked powerhouse and their coach seems super confident that they will win all their games. He says it in the paper quite often. Ben is quietly confident of an upset. I love seeing him that way. I hope it happens. Ben, again, has his work cut out for him. Paoli has a good running game.

Tomorrow calls for a 12 mile run. We have a quote that we share back on forth. I think it originated with Lance Armstrong, talking about cycling, weather, and clothes. We have modified it for running.

There are no bad days to run, just bad running clothes.

OK. Run we shall.

Here we go...