It's been a whole month

I can't believe it's been a month, time flies really fast sometimes. So I'm going to do a month in review and then try to be a little better at writing. Emphasis on the try part. So this month............

the weather got cold - the coat, scarves and hats are out and I have to confess I enjoy this aspect of the weather, I found out I love wearing hats, who knew? In Nz I only wore woolen hats skiing.

We had thanksgiving - I made pumpkin gooey butter cake ,didn't overcook it this time and it was pretty much amazing, I will make it next year,

I found out why everyone makes cakes and cookies from box and ready made stuff - it's so much cheaper! I needed a yellow cake mix for my recipe - it was one dollar, add butter and eggs and you have a cake! BUT homemade is always better and I will not yield (though I will eat things other people make from boxes)

Relational wholeness seminar - with our interns, this is a really great 2 day seminar that a couple from ihop do, but pretty intense, usually a need for a few more one on ones than normal

I GOT A NEW BIBLE - NASB Thompson Chain, a friend offered to buy me a new one when the other one he bought me last year broke in half. I think Thompson chain should give me a commission because I am telling lots of people about how great it is!

We got a Christmas tree, and stockings, Amanda and I decorated our tree with red and gold and it looks pretty, it's one of those plastic ones that comes with lights in it already so we can use it again, I'm happy to finally have a Christmas tree (now I need my family to send me presents to go under it!!!!)

I got my taxes done - I know really late and that's bad but I got them done and I don't owe the American government anything, praise the Lord, in fact they are giving me money back which is nice of them, I am totally having my tax done by some place like as soon as I can in January.

I think that's about it but I will leave with some thoughts after some conversations I've had with people recently

- Jesus did the Father's will perfectly, always obeyed and ended up on a cross - so when we pursue obedience can we expect anything less?

- Why talk to your friends about something but not to God, Jesus cares more about us than our friends do, and he has scars in his hands to prove it (note that doesn't mean don't talk to your friends, but I've noticed many people don't believe that he really is kind

He is always good