Status Qwhat?

Well it has been forever.

If you've known me well over this past year, you'll know that there have been some changes around me... First off, Judy and the boys and I have been joined by Marcus. He is now on full "son" status in the house. We are in a permanent situation, at least after one more court thingy...

Next, I've got my own company, FickleBoards. We wholesale american made skateboard decks with the help of our friends in Pennsylvania. Promoting a company like that is a full-time job, though flexible. Maybe with care it will succeed in covering human costs... It is a labor of love in more ways than one...

One of our riders, Ben, has moved into our home here in Northside and is enjoying a taste of mob-life here with the Jesus people. I can only imagine some of the things Ben experiences among us, one of which is the rising tide of babies.

And on that note: Babies. Oodles and Oodles of Babies. Our little experience/expression of what it means to be the Church, over here, is made up of a pretty fertile demographic. We have somewhere around 25 little kids in our life together. It is amazing to say the least...

So I still teach on Sundays in the church, usually. I still fire up the guitar, too... but there is a greater sense of participation by all the people in the church, in the daily love and care of life together here in Northside... What I mean is, many people are maturing in their walk of love, with God, who says, "God is love". So fewer people than ever "neeeeed" me. They are weaned and on solid meat, which is for the mature, who through constant use have trained themselves to distinguish what is good from that which is eeeevil.

So I'm way less the professional religious man, and am giving my time to trying to work with my hands and make good on the Scripture's commnand to have something to share and take care of my family's needs...

I don't know. It's risky. I might fail, and am not experiencing an ocean wave of success. But best of all, God is with us.

Pray for me. I get anxious sometimes.

Old Lew goes to Washington

The best view of DC is inside the botanical gardens. Go go green stuff!


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Not a replacement.

The fish lay upside-down in his bowl for two days, wiggling a fin now and then. I prayed over him each day, and God has restored him.

Today he ate. It amazed me how much I cared about this little life. I never even named him. Now I call him Lazarus.





-- Post From My iPhone

Goodbye Little Buddy

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big beard in germany

lets just saz that i am used to the beard causing a stir, and no where yet compares to the
it is cold, wet, and the food and companz are great.

First real daz in Germanz

Well, one of the first things zou ought to know about mz first daz in Germanz is that the kezboards are a little bit different here. not too different, but different enough to keep zou entertained, since iäm in a rush and not going to change mz tzping. ##

i think the kezs that are transposed will become fairlz evident.

i hope to get mz iphone connected so i can put up pics that i have taken, then delete them from the iphone, since mz capacities are limited. too much music and video on there alreadz.

i canät express how mz loathing of air travel continues to deepen. if the koschmieders werenät waiting for us on the other end, and ina and Bob and so forth, i wouild staz the heck in america and keep driving everzwhere.

we love zou all and canät wait to be back, although here the food is good and the people are warmlz welcoming us. Todaz we toured a historical landmark in Essen. it used to be the worldäs largest coal mine.

jetlag is killing us all softlz.

i have been bumping mz head on the same spot in our attic quarters and have a big old goosegg there from multiple hits. kind of hilarious. kind of sad.

Well, i hope to be home in one piece.