Wednesday, January 30, 2008

•   Our family and our cousins, the Iorga's, took a trip to Colorado a little over a week ago, and we had a great time up there.  We enjoy going places together every now and then, and we usually would go up to a cabin in Big Bear for a few days.  This year we thought we'd do something different and go for a week to Colorado.  Some friends of ours from California were gracious and offered us to stay at their home in Clifton, which was a tremendous blessing.  We went snowboarding and skiing for three days at Powderhorn which was a lot of fun.  For a long time I had wanted to go snowboarding again, so this was really nice and Powderhorn has some amazing scenery.  It also snowed up on the mountains while we were there, so we got to experience and enjoy some fresh powder.  It was so good to have some time to spend together, talk, and just enjoy the mountains.

  

  Driving along the way through Utah.

  

  A canyon in Utah

  

  

  

  Brian and I waiting at the lift.

  

  Our family at Powderhorn

  

  Johnny and I on the lift...

  

  Brian ready to ride

  

  This picture was actually taken through my goggles from the chair lift.  I wanted to see if I could take a picture of exactly how everything looked through the goggles, so I put the goggles in front of the camera.  It actually looked a little different than this, but it still adds a neat effect.

  

  Jimmy at the bottom

  

  Joshy after having reached the summit of....a pile of snow.

  

  Brian and Jimmy on the chair lift

  

  Christeen all bundled up.  Joshy took this picture which I thought was really cute.

  

  

  Warming up with some hot chocolate...

  

  

  Some aspens

  

  Johnny after a ride down

  

  

  It was Joshy's first time skiing and he did so good. He picked it up really quick.

  

  Christeen was given a free ride down part of the mountain on a snowmobile. She was happy.

  

  Here are the four of us on one of the runs.

  

  Johnny riding the lift.

  

  

  Me and Brian

   

  

   

     It was a great blessing to have been home during these past weeks in December and January.  I was able to spend a lot of time at home with my family, with friends, and get to do many different things which was really good and refreshing.  Tomorrow morning I will be leaving again to IBLP headquarters in Chicago for a few months to serve on staff there.  In a way, I know that it won't be easy to leave home again and go back, knowing how it was hard for me at times last year while I was there.  Yet the Lord really used that time for me to grow, and I know that it will definitely be good for me.  It seems clear that this is where the Lord wants me right now, and so I am looking forward to being there again, knowing that the Lord has a plan and a purpose in it. Hope you all have a great rest of the day and whenever you remember...please pray for me.

   

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