Friday, August 31st...

It's a cool morning, here in the Ohio valley. It's currently 53 degrees with a slight wind as I sit out in our 'sun room' that we use for our computer. I can see it's going to take a while to get used to this distinct cooler climate. But that's OK...I'm lovin' it so far.

This morning, I've worked on a few emails, published a new post over on the h2o blog, but mainly, I just can't get last night's Bible Study out of my head. Last night, was our first Bible Study on the TU campus. God had already blessed us as we are allowed to use the Chishom Auditorium on the campus as our regular meeting place on Thursday's. It's without a doubt, the primere location on campus. Along with that, their sound system AND their projection system. If you don't know, that's HUGE for me! I love using PowerPoint and different projection software in my teaching and especially while I'm leading worship. So to have something like this that's readily available, only God could provide that!

But there we were last night, PowerPoint running on the BIG screen...Casting Crowns playing on the CD player...and NO ONE showing up. Yeah, I was a little anxious. But right at 7:00pm, when we were supposed to get started, students began coming in! We ended with 9 students and 3 adults for our inaugrial Bible Study! I quickly went from anxious to over-whelmed. I was so excited! We had a great time, took a fresh look at the circumstances of Jonah, then hung around to begin making relationships. Still, after all these years, I'm amazed at how God works.

Please pray for these students...pray that God will use them in a very special way...and that they will become to serve as part of the foundation of our collegiate ministry.

Today brings about lots of little errands that we need to get finished. A couple of places to go, letters to mail...you know the stuff. God has done a truly miraculous work in our lives...and He's not finished yet. But we are already at a point where we can look back, just even a few months, and say, 'WOW! Who would've thought possible!' He really is, an amazing and awesome God!

Have a great Friday! Talk to you soon.

Jim

Hello From Ohio!

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to Tiffin, Ohio! This blog will be our new site for personal journaling, prayer & ministry requests, ministry updates, personal updates, and so on. So please, add Dad's Daily Grind to your blogrolls & bloglines for up-to-date stuff about our family and our ministry in Tiffin. I would also like to invite you to stop by h2o...for those who thirst, our new collegiate ministry blog. There, you will be kept up-to-date on the happenings of the campus ministry. And of course, don't forget about I Espresso'd Myself. There you will find personal devotions that you're accoustomed to. And please, feel free to leave a comment on either blog site. I would love to hear from you.

As you can tell, there will be lots of information coming your way on all three blogs. Check back often, you don't want to miss a thing! Thanks for taggin' along with us on our journey.

The Whaley's
Jim, Denise, and Tabitha

Outside Pics Of Our Temporary Mansion...

When we moved to Tiffin, back in the middle of July, we were met with incredible odds of finding a new house. The duplex that we had reserved for us, turned out to be a nightmare instead of a blessing. So here we were, everything we owned in a 26' Budget Truck and in two vehicles, frantically looking for a place to live...at 10:30pm! Through Divine Intervention (you will hear about the details later), God provided us with a temporary housing situation. A gentleman in town had this complex that was totally empty. He agreed to let us stay here on a 'temporary basis'. Our initial agreement was for two, to a maximum of four weeks. He wanted it only a short-time because he had other rental arrangements coming at the end of 4 weeks.

But just to show you that God is indeed in control, here we are, six weeks later, STILL in this home. The other rental arrangements didn't come through. Amazing how God provides!

Here are a few pics our our 'temporary mansion'.

Driving up to our house...

A little closer...

A wide angle look to the left...shows some of the property...

Up by the main entrance...

Mrs. Denise at the 'Back Door'...

A look toward the back of the property, Tab's car is parked in front of the 3rd garage door...

A close view of the back of the property...

A wider shot of the back of the house...