Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ our King! I had a great two week break. I covered 8 states and 3651 miles in my travels, but it was totally worth it to see so many friends and family. I drove through Iowa to stop at mom and dads and get all my hunting clothes. Then I made it to Seward Friday night since Saturday morning was opening morning of rifle hunting. I couldn't afford the out of state permit, so I just went and sat like I was still hunting. It was fun and i still enjoyed being out there even if I couldn't kill anything. Then after hunting in Seward for the weekend, I cam home and helped a friend move corn shuck bales. The next part of the trip was a late addition, but was still quite the adventure. My friend Bill, from Seward, bought a tractor in Ohio, and I agreed to ride along with him to pick it up. We left Tuesday afternoon and did not get back until Thursday afternoon. While we safely made it out to Ohio, got the tractor, and safely made it home again, the trip was almost a disaster several times. On our way through Chicago we were talking and missed I80 and ended up in I94. So we went north through Michigan, through a horrible blizzard, but eventually made it back to Indiana and out of the snow. When we got to Ohio, right after we got the tractor picked up, our vehicle broke down and we spent over 3 hours and the most redneck efforts possible to get ourselves fixed and going again. Then on the way home we got lost in Chicago again and went another 40 miles out of our way. Finally we got home though. The funny part is I say we got a tractor, but this thing is a John Deere 650, so a tiny garden and utility tractor. It was a fun trip and good time spent with a friend though.
Then about a half hour after I got home from the Ohio trip, I unpacked, repacked, and took off again and headed north to South Dakota. I made it to Brookings Thursday evening. Friday I bow hunted. I sat int he stand Friday morning and had a tiny little buck circling me, and then a nice doe and a fawn also circling me. The doe at one point was broadside only ten yards in front of me and would have been an easy shot, but I did not want to shoot a doe the first time out. However, then I never really saw any other thing else close enough to shoot so I probably should have just taken the doe. But again, I just love being in the stand, watching deer, and enjoying being in nature. I had a great weekend in Brookings seeing everyone from vicarage again. It was hard to be there again because I wanted to stay, but Monday morning I headed down to Omaha to my sister and brother-in-laws. I spent a couple days there for my birthday and had a nice relaxing 26th birthday. Mom and Dad came out to Omaha Tuesday night for my birthday, mom's birthday, and a mini Thanksgiving with JoAnna and Steven since they were not able to make it to Decatur. Then Wednesday Mom, Dad, and I drove to Decatur. We spent the rest of the week there with Nate, Kari, the boys, and Tim. It was a nice couple days of family time and some awesome football.
Now I am back in St. Louis and have started my winter quarter. I have 16 credits on top of work, intramural basketball, and Financial Peace University. So I will be busy, but I am still managing to have some fun too. I will try to post some more psalm devotions or possibly even some advent devotions up here the next day or two. I just wanted to let you know I am still alive since I haven't posted in a month. I did get all A's last quarter so I was happy with that and made up for the busyness of finals weeks. Other than that, happy Advent as we prepare for the coming of our King. In Jesus name, Amen.
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