Must see!!!

So for whatever reason I can't embed this, so the link will have to do. If this doesn't move you...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Things you don't say to your wife

Oahu!!

God is GOOOD! Jer and I were very much in need of a break. I had been asking the Lord for just a few days of rest, and long story short, some friends of ours flew us to Oahu for 4 days!! We got there 1) on standby 2) without a single delayed flight and 3) despite Mt Redoubt!!

We had a fantastic time on the beach, driving around the island, and getting old fashioned sun burned and getting to know Mark and Monica better! :) We got to see Pearl Harbor, found the main beach where LOST is filmed, and had a close encounter with a sea turtle, and had a visit from a pigeon who stayed on our balcony and just wouldn't leave...even when I practically sat on him!! With Facebook being the rage, I'm not even sure who all checks this blog anymore, but none the less, here are some great pictures!

The beach right outside our condo:

The USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor:

The LOST beach:

A sea turtle sunbathing:

Our friend Bird who would not leave...and my sunburn! :)

Ravi Zacharias

Dr. Ravi Zacharias came and gave a lecture last Thursday here in Anchorage. It was an outstanding 2 hours...I need to re-listen to the CD just to absorb it all. As if the privilege of sitting for one of his lectures wasn't enough, we also had the wonderful pleasure of actually meeting him! God is GOOD! Dr. Zacharias is truly one of the most kind people I have ever met and there is absolutely no questioning his intelligence. He defends Christianity through intellect and critical thinking against the crushing tide of an increasingly hostile culture who believes Christianity is for the weak-minded, and he does it brilliantly! He is absolutely anointed in his ministry and I pray God continues to bless him.

I got this from his website...unsure if it is just an article, or an excerpt from his book The End of Reason. Either way - "In an attempt to escape what they call the contradiction between a good God and a world of evil, atheists try to dance around the reality of a moral law (and hence, a moral law giver) by introducing terms like 'evolutionary ethics'. The one who raises the question against God in effect plays God while denying He exists. Now one may wonder: why do you actually need a moral law giver if you have a moral law? The answer is because the questioner and the issue he or she questions always involve the essential value of a person. You can never talk of morality in abstraction. Persons are implicit to the question and the object of the question. In a nutshell, positing a moral law without a moral law giver would be equivalent to raising the question of evil without a questioner. So you cannot have a moral law unless the moral law itself is intrinsically woven into personhood, which means it demands an intrinsically worthy person if the moral law itself is valued. And that person can only be God."

Running of the Reindeer 2009

Today was the 2nd Annual Running of the Reindeer in downtown Anchorage as part of our Fur Rondy Festival.

It kind of takes after the running of the bulls in Spain...only Reindeer antlers are soft and grown inward, so you have less chance of getting gorged...thank God!

Tony convinced Jeremy to run with him...and here they are! :)

(photos courtesy of and copyrighted by Jennifer Wolf)

Jeremy...looking over his shoulder at the approaching reindeer...

Jeremy...again looking over his shoulder for the reindeer (plural)...

Tony...oblivious to the approaching reindeer!!