I was in a rush. I left my little black notebook sitting on our bathroom counter. That night my wife saw it and began reading. She thought I had purposely left it there as a part of some well thought out romantic gesture. Wrong. I couldn’t lie. I had to tell her the truth. I had left it laying there by accident. It was a gift that she wasn’t meant to have received…yet. Argh.
As you might imagine, hauling our family of 10 to Kenya produced a lifetime of stories. It’s difficult to know where to start. For now, I’m going to tell you a couple stories about some of our new African friends, because our new African friends are simply amazing.
My family and I just returned from spending a couple weeks with the people of a small rural area in western Kenya. No doubt I’ll have a number of blog posts about this trip over the coming weeks, months, and years. I have a thousand stories to tell. The trip was absolutely amazing. However, in light of recent events, I feel as though this post is as good a place as any to start:
If you are a regular churchgoer, no doubt you’ve heard some variation of the following sermon on “busyness”:
As many of you know, I wrote a short little book called “How to Find God’s Will.” The Amarillo Globe News was gracious enough to publish an article about my book today (http://amarillo.com/lifestyle/faith/2015-05-15/whats-your-purpose-life Thanks, Eboni – @E_NiColeG). I’ve already received messages from friends–who didn’t know I had written a book (I’m a book marketing failure)–asking for a copy. Yes, the book is available on Amazon (hard copy or Kindle) and iTunes.
It’s time to brag on my kids again. They’re wonderful.
