We celebrated Natasha's fifth birthday yesterday. It's hard to believe that our youngest is five years old--no longer even preschool age, really. She's learning to read and asking to play the piano and picking up new skills all the time.

Of course, if Natasha is five, then Jesalynn is eight and Tyson is nine, and that seems altogether too old, too. My own approaching 33rd birthday, on the other hand, seems a little surreal. I have a few months to get used to the idea, though--unlike Tim, who celebrates his next milestone at the end of January.

On a ministry note, we picked up the posters and programs for the Christian Workers Conference (to be held March 3 in Colby, KS). It feels good to have the design work for this behind us; but now we have to get the 1300 programs and 300 posters into the hands of churches and people who are interested in attending.

This weekend we'll be hosting a group of college ministry leaders from Celebration Church in Hays and a group of middle schoolers and junior highers who will be wrapping up their Catechism for the year. On Monday we'll serve dinner to members of the Thomas County Community Foundation.

Then next week we'll be off to Kansas City for a check up for Natasha (to make sure her hip is still developing correctly) and for Tim to work a trade show. It's turning out to be a busy month, and we sure appreciate your prayers for us and the ministry.