First time on the island.

Today I drove to Mt. Vernon to spend the night with the Ketchams, on the way to Victoria.

Recently I was able to finish putting The Lamb on the Amazon Kindle. This can be read (with the free reader from Amazon) on your computer, iPhone, iPad, iPod, Blackberry, and the list continues. I will say, however, that with their demo below, the formatting doesn't display correctly. And that has been a big frustration in working with the Kindle. But, here's a demo:

Yesterday after work I was able to go for an 18 mile bike ride.

Today, I went to Rose Lake to cut a good ol’ dead pine tree down for a friend—who works next door our office.

Yesterday and today I helped Tom at the GoodSeed booth at Mission Connection. It was located in the Calvary Chapel in North Spokane. Friday was from 1:00 to 10:00 (we left early at 9:30 as did most everyone else,) and Saturday from 8:00 am to 6:45 pm. It was a good time to talk to folks about sharing their faith with others, and helping them understand how the products that GoodSeed makes is a help to them. Long days but well worth it.

Today I was finally able to finish most all the ductwork on the heating system, and fire up my furnace! So thankful for that. Next is hooking up the heat pump, but that will hopefully come soon. Very nice indeed!

At Moonshine Park—Man Camp.

Finished driving down the the camp along the coast of Oregon. There was about 30 guys that came out for the camp, and was a really good time.

Russ and I drove down to OR—along with picking up Bob at SEATAC on the way.

Here's a good listen. Just a project of mine lately, taking the audio file, transcribing it, creating captions, and publishing. It takes some time to do all that, but makes listening a little more enjoyable if you can read it, too.

Paul has been with GoodSeed since the beginning. And been working with New Tribes Mission before that. Today he went for surgery for some cancer that he’s been battling. As I type, I’ve not heard how it went, but yesterday he sent out an email with a video message to his family and friends. It’s well worth the time to watch (almost 40 minutes) as it gives the encouragement that one can receive from believing in the God of the Bible, even in the hardest times of life. Here are the links:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEdBb-etVKI

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h958dgVNSpI

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y05etNkRagg

I've been asked several times what projects I've been working on lately. But with that, my response has been that I've been doing a lot of little things. Here's the list for today:

• Make coffee
• Inventory the warehouse
• Re-label a section in the warehouse to find a better labeling solution
• Answer phones
• Answer email questions for our website TheTabernaclePlace.com
• Print invoices / fill orders / pack boxes for USPS Mail and UPS (largest order was 15 cases)
• Run to the Office Supply store for supplies
• Administrate our online Task Managing Software
• Field FTP log-in questions
• Collect / input new email addresses into our email sending software
• Review disputed Credit Card charges
• Order refill pages for the daily planner
• Re-stock shelves in the packing room
• Work on putting up an audio file with captions of an interview of John Cross by Moody Radio Chicago FM 90.1

Here’s some pictures of some time in Canada, and my trip home. Had a great time!

Started working on the truck today. Going well -- got all 4 replaced. However, the wheelbearings need to be replaced as well, and I'll have to wait till Monday before the parts come in, which should work out ok. So glad I came up yesterday otherwise we wouldn't have had parts till Tuesday.