No, we're not buried under all the snow! :)

We're in the thick of Michigan winter and hanging in there! We've often heard of "lake effect" snow....now we know what it is! Basically, as cold air moves in over the warm lake snow clouds form and dump the snow near the lakeshore. The area impacted is relatively localized and the clouds don't move on out. Remember how cartoons often have an image of a rain cloud hovering over one area? That's what the weather radar looked like here for over 48 hrs. this past weekend. It's made for some beautiful, christmas-card-looking scenes!

We've had some sickness, the worst of which hit Abby. She's been fighting a bad cough for a few weeks now and finally got to a doctor today who says she has bronchitis and it will just take more time to get fully rid of it. Pray for her as she has to spend so much time walking out in the cold across campus.

Speaking of prayer, our house in Tuscaloosa is still unsold. We'd appreciate prayer that that would happen SOON!


Abby was back home for a quick weekend visit. It wasn't that she really missed us already, she just had someone special for us to meet. Now the whole internet world can meet him, too!



His name is Simeon and he's a sophomore at IWU. Thankfully, he met with everyone's approval! :)