Love hurts - in a weird kind of way

This is totally random. I was playing with Lani, our new lab puppy, and she was in a feisty mood. All of a sudden, with my face close to hers and above her, she leaped up to bite and snagged the inside of one of my nostrils! OUCH! She ripped it pretty good and now I’m not able to blow my nose because it will re-tear the injury.

I still love my dog - but until she’s gotten past the “nipping” stage, I’ll be more careful about putting my face so close to her when she’s in that feisty kind of mood.

I’m in Budapest right now with Doug Stoner & Tom Petty working on a Field-wide Strategic Plan for Slovakia. It’s going well - God is good and continues to encourage us as we see what He’s doing.

Lani - again & more

Lani is going to the vet again today for a follow-up visit. She’s put on weight and it isn’t obvious that she’s had such a hard start. Last night, she went to sleep (for now she sleeps in a doggie crate in our room so that we hear her at night for potty runs) at 11:30 p.m. and slept until 5:30 a.m. What a blessing!

She has a typical Lab appetite and runs, jumps, attacks, chews, and so much more. We are so thankful for her improvement.

I’m exhausted - again - from a long week last week taking care of Lani and then leaving for a youth retreat on Friday. Late nights at the retreat (1:30 a.m. bedtime on Sat. night) and an early rise on Sunday (5:30) in order to get to church to lead the Lord’s Supper. It turned out to be a good thing that I was returning to do the Lord’s Supper because one of the other elders is sick and was supposed to lead the worship service. So, now I have everything in the worship service except for the message.

After church, I ate lunch at home, checked emails and jumped into my car to pick 2 of our elders to go visit a church that we established as a preaching station years ago. Got back from that meeting at 7:00 p.m. and visited with Matt Kingsley, who is the director of the GEM-K ministry (a youth ministry focused on the youth of the missionaries in Greater Europe Mission) and came to visit Hannah & Nathan and then attend the GEM-YM (youth ministries) retreat from Wed - Sun in Vienna, Austria.

They (Matt, Hannah, Nathan & Michelle) went snowboarding at Donovaly, so I’m trying to rest up a little and get ready for some meetings in Budapest tomorrow & Wednesday and then on to Vienna for the GEM-YM retreat.