God is present!
This past weekend at Camp Patmos in Kelley’s Island, OH I was reminded again how God comes out of nowhere to blow you away with His nearness! Dan & I left early Friday morning to drive 715 miles to the island in Lake Erie where Camp Patmos is located. I was scheduled to speak four times to Middle & High School students about what it meant to be Fully Alive. As I prepare for events like this, I normally expect God to use me to impact lives for the Kingdom. That may have happened for some there,...
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Normally I do not request prayer on our blog but circumstances force me to do this at the present time. Our normal intercessory prayer process is that I send Eric an E-mail and he handles our intercessory E-mail prayer team. He forwards on my requests, you prayer, the Kingdom comes, etc. It is beautiful! But this week Eric is enjoying his honeymoon in Mexico. So I am putting my hope in the fact that anyone who reads this blog will kindly E-mail it on to those that normally would be on the intercessory prayer...
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Thank you to the great Chuck Mannie for these pictures. If you would like to see more pictures, you can find them at our Consumed Peterson Community Group Site (you can find that under “links” on this page —...
Read MoreThe Beavers
I’m not talking about the animals, but rather the new married couple. The wedding took place a few days ago — Saturday, September 9. The newlyweds are presently celebrating their honeymoon in Mexico. The wedding festivities were wonderful…Including the ceremony. I’m not sure Eric & Lisa could pack anymore adjectives in their vows to each other. It was a wonderful picture of our love for God…words just can’t it express it. We wish them all the best and many years...
Read MoreAhhh Love, L-O-V-E Love
Unless you are a fan of the television show Friends, you might not understand the quote from the subject line. It’s from basically my favorite episode of friends – Episode 1002, The One Where Ross If Fine. If you haven’t seen it, I suggest you go to your local Sam Goody or Sun Coast or whatever and pick it up – it’s definitely a solid 45 minutes of laughter. (Tara? Can you concur?) Anyways, my main reason for this outburst of words is just to express how in love I am with Lisa,...
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Last night I looked into Tori’s (my oldest daughter) eyes and they were dancing. Tori is already known for being an excitable little girl. It doesn’t take much to generate anticipation in her life. I can mention the words “soccer, ice cream, donuts, movie, people are coming over, etc.†and she jumps up and down. But last night was the most wide-eyed expression I have ever seen in her cute little face. Why was she so pumped? Well today marked the official first day of Kindergarten for...
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