Instead of the Grey Cup you can read my blog...

Wisely I'm choosing Grey Cup Sunday to post to my blog after a week of not being here.  "Cause you know, at least five people will read it.  I guess there are a few of you out there who don't care (Char) but most of my friends and family are facepainted and ready to once again sit on the edge of their seats for a couple of hours to see if Saskatchwan can pull it off.  It'd be real easy (as a long-term Rough Riders fan) to toss in a couple of cheap shots right now...but I'll refrain.  You never know...they might actually win....

I just realized that if you're not Canadian or a football fan, you have no idea what the previous paragraph means.  My province (Saskatchewan) won the CFL (Canadian Football League) West division and is playing the East today for the Grey Cup.  It's a big deal for us.  I could explain why, but it just makes most Saskatchwan Rough Rider fans sad, so I won't bother.

The only other thing I'll say about this is that I checked ESPN to see if they were covering the game and (surprise, surprise) they aren't.  They are, however, covering tennis all afternoon.

Seriously.  Tennis. 

Stupid continent.

It's hard to know what exactly to tell you about what's happening down here.  I had a nice few days away from the house and enjoyed reading by the pool in my hotel.  I'm a little more tanned.  I had some good times with God and feel like He gave me some insights on a few things.  That was helpful and encouraging.

Are there still some problems that need to be dealt with here?  Sigh...yep.  And I'm not sure what to do.  Things have improved with most of the guys dramatically from what they were a week ago.  But there are a couple of guys who are still choosing to do their own thing, with no regards to the rules here or what I tell them.  I'm trying to figure out how to respond to that.  I could give you the list of reasons why it's happening, and I have great compassion for those guys and the issues they're dealing with.  But at the same time, this isn't a situation that can go on indefinitely.  I have a responsibility to the other guys here in the house as well.  Something needs to happen.

One other prayer request (I'm just assuming that you'll be praying for the above).  =)  One of the guys is having a tough time with some family issues right now.  He's suddenly talking about leaving the house and taking off to join the military (everyone here is suppose to do a year of service).  He doesn't need to do that year right now (he's got options) but he's thinking about leaving in January.  This is completely out of the blue.  Obviously he needs to make this decision for himself, I can't interfere.  But if you could pray for him, that'd be great.  He needs a lot of wisdom and spiritual protection right now.

And please continue praying for wisdom and protection for all of us.  I'm still not sure I'm feeling completely on top of my game here.  For sure things are better, but I'm still feeling kind of tired and like I'd be good with a break.  Which is weird since I just had a break.  =)  I'm sure this will pass, but I'd appreciate your prayers.

Thanks everyone!  Christmas decorations are starting to go up here in Santa Cruz, so I'm thinking we'll haul our tree out sometime this week.  Last year my mom bought chocolates and cookies for the guys to eat while we were decorating.  They've been asking if we're doing that again this year.  I think they've decided it should be a tradition...

Thanks Mom.  =)