Update

I got up early this morning, around 4:30 to write something here, but felt more led to ponder and pray than actually compose anything.  Brie and I find ourselves in Billings at the moment, ready to be and serve in my home for a little while.  After leaving Brie's home a few days ago we headed to Okoboji Bible Camp where two of our best friends and strongest brothers and sisters live.  There we were powerfully rejuvenated spiritually as we enjoyed meeting fellow disciples and shared in a long night of prayer and passion for our Lord and his work.  Following this, we participated in Brie's family reunion, a time that was a real blessing for myself in terms of establishing relationship with her family.  Then, on the way to Billings from Minnesota we stopped for the night in Badlands National Park, SD.  We hiked a few miles into the Badland and set up camp for the night.  The area we stayed was called Deerhaven, and what an imaginative creator we serve who made that place.  The immense beauty of the rock, the unique and terrifying way that the stone cuts into the sky, the soaring vultures, creeping tarantulas, and hooting owls were all a testimony to his love and power.  It was yet another holy respite, and a blessed time to Be Still and Know that He is God.
Now today, we head out again, for a two day jaunt to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park with my family.  I anticipate the presence and power of the spirit to be heavily at work, and am eager to share more upon my return.