Christmas and Such

Well I had a great Christmas up here on A-Corn Hill. It was just Denise and I and we spent our first Christmas by ourselves. The night before we were at Jason and Jocelyn's place along with James and Kim. The night went pretty well I thought thought there was something going on with James. Earlier in the week I had lunch with the Camp Macoba Committee including Harold Sellers who is the current Head of the Madison Baptist Association. Everything went extremely well and we made things official by signing documents. Their enthusiasm and mine were both pretty high about this partnership. I really do feel like this is where God would have us right now and the potential that I see here may only be the tip of the iceberg of what He has in mind ! Also we will be serving at Lighthouse for awhile and that may lead to something as well. I love Randy and would do almost everything for him but I do not understand his insistence on wanting to build. The factors are just not present at Lighthouse for this in my estimation. I don't know how you convince the people there is a need when the numbers are like they are and there is not consistent growth pattern being displayed. I shared my heart with Ron about this the other day and he understands completely. They do not have a good foundation laid in their Sunday School which is critical to moving the church forward and especially something like a building program. I would not bring this up with Randy unless he asked me directly. I will pray about this much in the future. I am getting a little antsy about the web page for the ministry. I know Jason is working hard on it and am sure it will be top notch and I appreciate it so much and have told him so but with the Board meeting coming up in a couple of weeks I would really like to be able to show it to them then. Received a game cam for Christmas and already have some pictures. It seems that the deer were around the RV all night long because each picture is time stamped. Tonight I have set it for 10 second shots of video so we will see how that comes out. This week will really be the test on losing weight. I have not eaten any sugar but I missed a couple of days of exercise and increased my eating. So far for 20 weeks in a row I have lost a pound a week. Tomorrow morning will be the test. We stopped at two of the three houses we consider our neighbors and gave them a plate of Christmas cookies Denise had made and spent a little time with them. They seem to be nice. The other house we pulled up and waited for a few minutes but no one came out. We waited int he car because they have two dogs that do not seem to be very nice waiting outside our car. We are using the RV pump along with the campground water to increase our water pressure and it is working our pretty well...especially in the shower...it is almost a normal shower! I have not been as diligent on my quiet time as I want to be and it certainly shows...too many distractions which is no excuse as God as sure blessed me and my family tremendously. Still have not worked out the interview and book process yet but I will. We will finish up the Christmas holidays tonight with a movie (Night At The Theatre 2) and some popcorn.