It’s been a while since I posted and a ton has gone on so I thought I would bring you all up to speed on life in California!  August has been a good month and busy.   I seem to have blinked somewhere and all of a sudden it was September.  Some highlights from August were:

1) Carrie and Molly’s visit.  We had a great visit with them.  There was wedding dress/bride’s maid dress shopping.  An amazingly stellar trip to Raging Waters.  Yeah!  (My luck at this waterpark has apparently turned in that I finished the day in the same swimsuit I started in.  Unlike Water County USA last summer where my suit was ravaged by a waterslide into a loincloth-esque cover and the park gave me a new swimsuit.)

2) Black family visit.  My folks and Adam came out for a visit. Lots of eating, random trips and good times.  A sweet day trip to Santa Barbara.  Adam’s pirate-style pants were also a highlight for me!

3) Perspectives.  I started the course Perspectives on the World Christian Movement.  It is so far, totally awesome!  The course is about Christian missions and everything related to that topic.  I will try and post more about it.  I love the class and I would recommend it very strongly.

4)  Wedding planning.  Lots of big things are done!  I give props to my amazing fiancée Katie for her organization and motivation.  You continue to delight me babe, I love you

5)  Pre-marital counseling.  We began the counseling which is being done by another couple from church who were themselves missionaries.  We have had some good discussions with them and Katie and I have eally enjoyed our own conversatons on things.

6) Getting sick.  There was some kind of bug going around.  Lots of folks were out of work sick.  Katie and I both got it.  Feeling good now though.

Hmmm…a lot has gone on and yet the month seemed to fly by.  Those are the big ones though that popped into my mind just now.