Henry Doorly Zoo – Omaha, NE On Friday (June 4) we went to the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha NE, with my cousins Carly, Noah and Hannah. The last time I was here, I was just a baby when my Grandpa Paul took us to the zoo. We first went to see the “Lied Jungle” which had a lot of monkeys, rope bridges, and waterfalls. It felt like we were Indiana Jones. We then went to the new butterfly and insect exhibit, which had a lot of bugs, spiders and other insects, ...

Noah's Baptism Today, (Sunday - May 30) I had the privilege of baptising my nephew, Noah Morgan. (Noah is the adopted son from Russia, to my sister Teresa and her husband Tim.) It was such a joy to be asked to be a part of this special occasion, were God welcomes us by His grace, through the washing and renewal of the water and the Word. Along with the baptism, I was asked to lead the service and preach the message for the day, which was Holy Trinity Sunday. ...

Iowa – my home State Thursday – After a very long wait for Grandma Linda, we finally made it to my home town of Audubon, IA. She has been waiting since we arrived in Los Angeles to see us. It is great to be home again. We are now going to be here for the next several weeks. Friday night we are meeting with my sister Teresa and her family for dinner. I am going to be baptising her son Noah on May 30th, so it is going to be a wonderful family celebration....

A Lutheran Youth Encounter Re-union On Sunday, we worshiped with Melheim's and Lysne's in Stillwater, and then traveled to Minneapolis to our good friends Ted and Steph Rossing. I spent time on team with Ted in 93-94 traveling to Denmark, Germany and Norway. On Sunday afternoon, Ted and Steph graciously opened their home to host a Lutheran Youth Encounter re-union of all our friends while we were on team and staff. Our Captive Free team was all there (Kenyon, ...

Faith Inkubators Today we spent time with our friends, Rich & Arlyce Melheim in the beautiful river town of Stillwater Minnesota. Rich is the creator of Faith Inkubators. He took our family into the recording studio to record some voice-overs for the new BibleSong theme set. It was good fun to be in the studio again. Keep your ears out for the Aussie voices! We also spent some down time wandering a street fair, antique stores, and the beautiful town of ...