Eric and Lisa

Yep, it's already two weeks into 2007, and our little town has yet to see a snowflake! We've become familiar with lots of rain and balmy temperatures, though. You'd think we lived in a tropical climate! However, we just had a frigid cold front come through today, so maybe we'll experience some freezing temperatures from now on. It sure has been weird to be seeing ants and flies in the middle of January!

Backing up a little bit, we had a very nice Christmas. Ian's first, to be exact, and it was a very pleasant one. We enjoyed time with our families, and even traveled a bit to see some college friends between Christmas and the New Year.

This 2007 calendar year is already proving to be one of promise...and a lot of hard work! Eric has received two pieces of good "news" in terms of his education: one, that he is now at candidacy for his PhD, meaning that all he has left is the work on his dissertation/thesis, and two, that one of the papers he presented at the conference in Hawaii received a 2nd place award out of more than 60 other presentations! (I'm so proud of him!) He's excited to be working on experiments for his thesis, and the end seems to be in sight.

As for me, I'm still plugging away at my little self-made business. I love my students, and I have daily confirmation that this is what I'm supposed to be doing right now. God is so good.

Looking ahead, this spring promises to be a busy one. In three weeks, I'll be accompanying my father-in-law on a trip to Honduras, where we'll meet up with some other American Christians and help out with physical needs of the Honduran people. I'm really looking forward to this trip -- it's been a long time since I've done anything overtly missions-oriented, and I've been feeling the "itch" to get out there in the world! I'm sure I'll post a blog or two about the experience when it's over.

I hope this finds you all well, and that God is as richly blessing you as He is us. That is our prayer, anyway.

Love, Lisa (for Eric and Ian)