I'm Back

I started my talk today with my friends at the Chapel with this phrase "Where have you been?" It was met with laughter and smiles, you see, it wasn't them that had been gone, but Donna and I. We have some friends in the mid west that we went to visit and had been gone for a few weeks.

Thoughts on our trip.

* Indiana is Flat . . .Oh sure you have some variations of maybe a few 100 feet, but nothing like we have here in the northwest.

* Making Stain glass hasn't changed much. Donna and I had a chance to go to a factory that has been making stain glass for nearly 100 years. During the tour, they shared that the basic way they have made the glass hadn't change since they first started making it.

* Free doesn't last forever. Natural gas was discovered in central Indiana some 100 years ago. With the unlimited resource, some of the leading companies in the auto industry flock to this area, because of the free gas. Will, guess what happened? That gas dried up and so did many of the companies. Free doesn't last forever.

* It's not fun crying on a Plan. I was finishing up a book called "The Shack" as I was finishing up the book, several thing touched my heart. The only problem was, it also touched my eyes as well. I was just very happy that Donna was sleeping at the time along with the Romanian fella sitting to my right.

Well, it's good to be back . . .

Have a Great Day

David