Hot Summer

My brother, John, began writing his own blog lately. Totally inspiring. Well, it is to me, anyway. He is simply recounting stories from his past. Check him out at Wouldbemariner.blogspot.com. (Now I did that by memory and my memory is not reliable. So, if you have difficulty getting into his blog, let me know. I'll double check my memory.

With all of that, John doesn't say a word about the hole they drilled in his head last week. Janice, his wife, sent me a cute picture of him with his head partly shaved. I'd like to share it with you, but I'm saving it in case he ever blackmails me. In any case, he is recovering from a burst blood vessel on the brain. He must be doing well because  his blog makes sense, sorta.

Yesterday, I was at 3ABN being interviewed by Shelley Quinn. With me on the set was Dee Hildebrand and Judy and Clinton Bond. The three were lifestyle guests with a story to tell. Clinton came to us with bowel cancer metathesized into his lungs. When he came last October, he could barely walk from the car to the Lifestyle building. Within 18 days he was walking a mile and a half. They've kept up with the program at home, complete with fever therapy, and though the cancer is not gone, it hasn't gotten worse either. To hear them tell it, the doctors are blown away. They had given up on him totally. Even they say, "this is a God thing."

Dee Hildebrand actually works at 3ABN. She's lost 30 pounds since coming to EVI and is all excited about what the Lord has done for her. She looks great. I was scheduled to preach nine sermons at 3ABN in September this year. Unfortunately, the dates we had decided on collided with an appointment I have in Brazil. I left Dee and Shelley groaning and moaning over the fact that we must find some other date. This is the second time I fail them this way. Ugh!

The fire threatening EVI is now 75% contained. I think it is no longer any kind of threat.

Those are the three I get to play with this summer. 

Janet and Jason and family are visiting with Angie and her gang in Washington. I get to go to a wedding in Minnesota this weekend. I wish my wife was with me. But you know that with women family takes priority.

I should have gone to the wedding already, except that some representatives from some big company are on their way to scope Eden Valley. They wonder what we can do to help their work force become healthier and cost them less in insurance. (At least, that is what I think they are looking into.) I should find out shortly.