Kyle again

Yesterday/today was great...

Yesterday we went to church with an old friend of Nancy. It was youth Sunday so our students got to worship with other students leading them. And the youth pastor preached. We were all amazed by how God has given the youth pastor the gift of preaching. He did a great job.

Then we went to the Johnson Space Center in the afternoon. My inner (some would argue outer) nerd was going crazy. I think space exploration is really cool. To see what God has made from the unique perspective of being 200 miles above the earth is something that I would like to do. And the science of how NASA does all this stuff is fascinating. And rockets are cool.

My observation was that NASA claims their doing all this stuff in the name of science, exploration, knowledge, good of mankind, etc. But the next space missions to the moon that NASA is developing is codenamed Ares. So we are going to go back to the moon in the name of the mythological god of war. Doesn't really communicate "in the quest for knowledge." More like, "Hey moon, we're here to conquer and enslave."

The other cool thing about yesterday was how many of the astronauts were men of faith. I guess when you see the earth from the perspective of outer space, you can't help but believe in God.

Today was great. We got a lot of work started on a house which was essentially destroyed to the slab by Ike. The piers were set and the floor was already partially in place, but that was it. Nothing but a slab of wood twelve feet in the air. Today we tore out all the scaffolding and recycled all the lumber (which is the nail removing that Ashton referred to). Then we built and entire wall and raised it old fashioned Amish style. Tomorrow will will finished the floor and the other three walls.

Continue to pray for us that we would have good spirits and will follow Christ when it is easy to be selfish. Another church arrived today and we are now in very cramped quarters, so patience from the Holy Spirit would be much appreciated.