Lunch Time Blues

Hi All,

Okay, well i don't actually have the "lunch time blues", but it is lunch and i'm writing, so i figured why not. For real though, life has taken an unexpected turn. On Wednesday night after we'd been at our Bible study, Dess was acting kinda wierd. In fact, she just pretty much flipped out. Dess was fed up with life at Friend Ships and told me she wanted to leave. After much crying, consoling, praying and communication, God did something to distract Dess. She noticed a figure standing around in the parking lot of the Civic Center. She said "let's go see what's up". So, i drove over to the person, not really thinking there was much we could do. It ended up that it was a lady who was on the streets and she'd been kicked out of a local shelter (which Dess found out later). We took her to Wendy's for some drive-thru chicken. We weren't really able to do much, but it helped to get Dess back on track. Dess has a ton of compassion stored up inside her. Her life seems to be more complete when she's able to help out and show love to others. I think that while being here at Friend Ships, she doesn't come into contact with people in the outside world much. She's unable to get hands on and care for those who are hurting. Well, we went back to the ship that night and Dess finally fell asleep.

Sarah commented about how the elections went. For your info, I was up until midnight that night watching the results on www.canada.com. The main reason that i even knew there was an election was because we've got a new crewmember from Canada who kept me up to date. I was reminded of evenings i'd spend at home in Canada watching the results come in with my dad. Sarah wondered how i would have voted, and to be honest, i don't know. It's impossible to stay up to date on Canadian politics while in the U.S.A. I am glad that the party has changed though and hope that they are able to run things better than the Liberals. For any Americans reading this, the Conservative party won the election in Canada. We now have a Conservative Prime Minister.

I've gotta get a bite to eat. I just wanted to write again because it's been a while since we've posted anything again. We've got photos we want to get on here, but just haven't taken the time. It's been a busy week and it's not done yet. We've got a marriage conference at our church this weekend and my birthday is coming up early next week. Exciting times for us.