May and June went by too quickly!

I took a theology and preaching class in May, and on June 4th, we celebrated Sam's 4th Birthday. I preached at a local church on June 11th, and then Laura and I got busy organizing our apartment--doing some summer clean-out.

It's a good thing we did. The last week of June, I was in Birmingham, AL for the annual Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Assembly. I returned on Saturday night. On Monday morning, I went to a screening interview, setting up a unit of CPE for the fall with Vitas Hospice. As I entered the building for the interview at 10:45am, I noticed a heavy feeling in the air, like the sky was about to open up and let go a torrential downpour. Well, it did and within the hour, Laura was paging me "911." I quickly found out from Sandra that our apartment was flooding. I returned home around 12:15 and waded through strong currents to get to the front door of our apartment building. I went straight to our apartment and began picking up toys, pillows, books and unplugging electrical equipment. There was about 2 or 3 inches of water in our home. At one point, I looked outside and saw about 3 feet of water against our building. The water was lapping at the windows, wanting to come in.

After one of the wettest Junes on record (and certainly the most wet for us), we are HOT and DRY in July here in Fort Worth. We are in temporary apartments on TCU campus until our apartment gets new sheetrock, kitchen cabinets and carpeting.

Sarah will turn 1 year old on Saturday. She is enjoying walking and clapping for herself with each new accomplishment. Sam is the proud big brother and a great playmate. He is in music class for the summer at TCU. Both of them will be in weekday school at a nearby church.

So much for now.... Listening to Rolling Stones "Exile on Mainstreet" on the MP3 player. This is by far the best rock n roll album that I've ever heard. And I've lost over 12 pounds on Weight Watchers, training myself on different eating behaviors. Hopefully, I can post new pictures soon.

Peace out,