Midweek On The Coast...

Just a quick g'morning! All is well on the Northcoast. We're getting ready for h2o tonight, then preparing to move into our new house after the weekend. Looks like we will start moving next Wednesday, November 1st.

The weather is distinctly changing, the leaves are turning, and many of them are falling. Lot's to tell you about later. Have a great weekend.

Windy Week...

OK…I’ve had an eye-opening experience this week.

I’m from the South. Born and bred in the Delta…and proud of it. The South has always been known for some pretty amazing things, but the one thing that has consistently amazed me about Arkansas, is the weather. At any given time in Arkansas, a tornado can fall from the sky. I’ve seen twisters rip through the state during all twelve months of the year. I’ve watched them from a distance, and I’ve experienced them from the inside out. We never, and I did say never, had any large amounts of wind that didn’t have a twister attached to it somewhere. Whenever the wind got over 5 or 10 MPH, somebody’s trailer or cow was soon to be flying overhead. We always knew that when the clouds rolled in and the winds picked up…it was time to run for cover, ‘cause something was coming…

Now that I’m a ‘re-located Southerner’ somewhere on the Northcoast of Ohio, the concept of wind is being redefined. Up here, it’s NOTHING for the wind to blow between 25 and 35 MPH! All day! And most of the time, stronger. I talking about from the time you get up in the morning, till after you go to bed at night, non-stop wind gusts! The leaves fall, the trees bend, the house shakes, you hold on to anything that’s nailed or bolted down to keep from getting blown away.

I’ve figured out the solution…it’s time to go shopping…I need to get me some them ‘lead-filled drawers.’

The Week Is Slowing Down...I Think...

It's been a roller-coaster ride of weather this week on the North Coast. Today was absolutely gorgeous! But tonight is supposed to be much cooler! We've got rain and possible storms for the weekend. Our week has been great! I finished up getting ready for worship and Bible Study for tomorrow night, and also worship for Sunday morning. I'm leading worship at a outdoor 'non-denominational' service that is going to be held prior to a regional 5k/10k run. The organizer of the run wanted to start the contest off right with a church service. Now that's what I'm talkin' about!

We're excited about moving into our new house. Right now, the move date is Nov 1st. Denise is as excited as a kid in a candy store with a pocket full of quarters! What's so ironic is, that this is the house that she absolutely loved back in March when we made our first trip to Ohio. And as God would do it, it is still available, off the market for sale, and the owner wants to lease it TO US! God really is something, huh? I'm so thankful that Denise is getting the home she wanted...if there is anybody that's deserved it, it's her!

Please pray for our Campus Worship Gathering tomorrow night...I've just got this feeling that God is ready to rock the house...my anticipation level is insane, and the excitement is overwhelming!

We are still praying that God will provide 10 families/churches that will commit to $100 a month in financial support of our ministry. We are extremely close, so if you would, please join us in that urgent prayer request.

That's it for now...gotta grab a fresh cup before I head to bed...

A New Monday...

Whew! What a week...and a weekend! It's probably a good thing that HomeComing only comes once a year! That's a lot of excitement and activities all rolled into a 7 day period. But my oh my was it worth it. It was an incredible time!

And even with it being HomeComing week, we STILL had 24 at our h2o Gathering last Thusday night! It's simply incredible watching students arrive for h2o. And to think, we have not even 'scratched the surface' yet.

Things are still 'all systems go' for us moving into our house on November 1st. We're all dreading the physical move, but literally cannot wait to get all of our things unpacked! You simply cannot imagine, over 2/3's of our stuff is still packed away. I told Denise this past week, it will almost be like Christmas getting to unpack all of our stuff. I just know that I'll find things I forgot we had!

Have a great Monday...I'm headed for coffee...

Tabitha & The TU Crew...

Enjoy these pics from today's Homecoming of Tabitha and the TU Crew, Tiffin University's Dance Team! Yep, I AM a proud Daddy!!!

Tiffin University Homecoming 2007...

HomeComing Week For The Whaley's...

It's been a wild and woolly week at the Whaley house this past week! It's officially HomeComing Week at Tiffin University and we are 'up to our eyeballs in alligators' with HomeComing stuff...and lovin' every minute of it! Since Tabitha is a member of the TU Dance Team, she has been in all sorts of mess this past week in preparation for the 'big day' tomorrow. Her Dance Team will be performing, along with numerous other things scheduled throughout the day. There are 3 NCAA sporting events taking place tomorrow to celebrate HC. Not real sure that we'll be able to make all three...but the football game is a 'sho-nuff' guarantee!

And...it's officially cold! Or colder that I've experienced in October in a looonnnggg time. Right now, it's 43 degrees, headed for a low tonight of 38. We are expecting our first frost of the year this weekend. Brrrrrrrr!!!! Perfect football weather!!!

And it's HomeComing also at UAM in Monticello! I want to say 'hey' to all our friends that will be taking part in that celebration also!!!

As soon as I recover from this weekend, I'll post some pics of the festivities. Have a great weekend....