"I DO"

Congrats to Amber and Mike Jewell who were married on Saturday evening, 7-07-07 at 7:00 p.m. in Burlington, Kansas. I was privileged to officiate the wedding. The top picture is Amber dancing with her dad Daniel, M.L.'s brother. Everything went great and we had a wonderful time getting together with quite a few of M.L.'s family.

Speaking of family, our family was able to be together for the first time since Christmas. That was great. As you can see, Andrea is carrying our little grandbaby (did I tell you I was going to be a grandpa?). She and Eric drove down from Topeka while Todd and Melissa came over from McPherson. Todd also sang in the wedding while M.L. played piano and Kyle videotaped the service. We all kept busy. Eric did mention to me that the sermon I preached at this wedding was a lot shorter than the one I shared at he and Andrea's. Who's keeping track, anyway?

By the way, other congratulations go out to Amanda (Fruechting) and Shawna (Hett) - daughters of good friends of ours from back home who were also married this past weekend. Must be something in the water.


Okay, for you locals here in the west ( or anyone, for that matter). Here's your homework question for the week. What did the names of Leah's (Jacob's wife) sons mean and what is the relevance of their names to her and to us today? Leave your comments. Have a great week.