May has arrived..

May has arrived and basketball is over (final party tonight). Janna is painting our house with the help of Kaya (after she gets home from School at noon). Jalen is doing well in school and is currently working hard on a book report for his class.

Not sure if you have heard but there were some problems in Sentani this past week in which some military personel were fighting against themselves. Just please continue to pray for this island of Papua. There are so many things that are going on here that only God will be able to heal and deal with. Thanks for your prayers.

Kids continuing to grow up

Janna and I continue to be amazed at how quickly our children are growing up. The other morning Kaya got dressed and brushed her teeth by the time we had got up. Amazing! The other day Janna and I were arguing a little about something and Jalen came up to me and said "Dad I think you need to apologize to mom." I said why do you say that? "Because what you said was not nice to mom and God wants us to be a close family." Wow talk about a hit in the teeth. So I had to apologize to Janna, Jalen and Kaya and of course then ask God for forgiveness as well.

Then last night we watched an excellent movie called Fireproof. Now if you have not seen this movie you really need to. It is written by the same people who made Facing the Giants. A Christian based film company that is making movies that touch on issues in our society. Fireproof touches on the fact that marriage is a covenant and that it needs to be taken seriously. Powerful movie. Switching from a selfish culture to a selfless marriage can only be done once we understand Love. The only way to understand love is to realize how Jesus loves us. Without this realization of what Love actually is it is difficult for our marriages to survive. Over Easter we realize that Jesus gave his life for us. Doing nothing wrong he paid the ultimate price for our sins.

Love others as you love yourself. May we learn to do this by studying the love Jesus has.