Okay, I am giving this a try and see how it works. So here it goes.

What’s up with Paul:

Paul is out to sea right now. His ship came into port and he moved on to the ship. They spent some time in port and he was trying to get familiar with the ship. He got lost a lot at first. He told us that he got lost looking for the head (Bathroom). He got lost looking for the chapel. I think you get the idea that it is a big ship. As I said they put out to sea on a training cruise. I have no idea where they are and I could not say even if I did know. His cell phone doesn’t work when they are out. As a matter of fact it doesn’t work when they are in port. He has to get off the ship in order to get a signal. We can communicate with e-mail. It is his military e-mail address so we have to watch what we write and he checks it while on duty, he has an office job so he has access to a computer more than most. He got sea sick the second day out. We have not heard from him in the last few days but we heard through the grapevine that he is feeling better.

He was not able to come home for Thanksgiving and will not be coming home for Christmas even though they will be back in port. They will have three short training cruises before putting into dry dock for 6 months. Maybe during dry dock he will be able to come home.

I guess the big news is that he has a girlfriend. I think they met on eharmony.com. She lives in Indiana and is a Christian. At this point we don’t know a lot more than that. We will keep you posted as more information comes to light.


David and Elizabeth News:
David and Elizabeth have bought a home on 1 ½ acres near the Air Force base. It is a nice place. They are doing very well. Although David’s schedule changing has them a little frustrated. I believe he is on mid’s, no wait, I think he is on 12 hour shifts right now. That makes it even worse. Please pray for them.

We were invited up to see their new place for Thanksgiving. We had a great time even though it was a very short visit. We got to see Elizabeth’s parents, Sherry and Donald. Her brother Jonathan and his girlfriend were also there. That was very nice.

It looks like David will be going on deployment this coming summer. He is back on the flight line so that means he is on the list. He’ll be out for 4 months, a long time for a young couple who haven’t been married very long. Elizabeth plans to work at the Christian camp that she has worked at for several summers to help keep her mind off David’s absence.

David tested for E-5 and missed it by just a little. He will get it next time. Elizabeth is teaching horse back riding. She really loves that.










Update on Jane:
Jane loves her job but more than that she loves working with her teacher, Polly. They work well together. This year has been a very good year in terms of the children. She is always talking about a technique they are using with the children. It is called “Conscious Discipline”. It sounds great. You may want to ask her more about it if you work with children or have children of your own. Her principal is determined to have pre-K next year so hopefully she’ll have a job next year. The church we have found is really a blessing in our lives. We are moving slowly but we are finding our place in the church body. It feels so good to be in a wonderful loving church.


Terry’s buzz:
Terry is still trying to decide what he wants to be when he grows up. He had better hurry he is growing up very fast. Terry has a web site up and running. I think you know he is involved with a social web site, navydads.com. Now he’s started a site for Air Force parents, family and friends, airforcedads.com, go check it out. It is small but it should grow pretty quick. He is thinking about starting another one for Army parents. Not sure when that will roll out. Of course he is trying out this blog too.
There has been a lot of talk at work about layoffs but nothing as yet. We are praying about some things as far as what to do if there is a layoff and about some ideas that have come up about ministry with the military. But we continue to look to the Lord for our guidance. He is still working on his book, “I should have run for President in 2008” it slowed down as the election was coming to a close but he is more than ever determined to complete it after seeing the election results.