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Jocelyn is engaged to Jordan Dodge ….!!!

This evening Jocelyn and Jordan announced their engagement.

More details to follow …. and thanks for checking in!!!

Dave

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JoAnna turns 26 on Monday, March 8th….!!!  She is looking forward to attending Talbot School of Theology this fall and studying Spiritual Formation.  This evening we had dinner at Houston’s in Pasadena.

Ray and Catherine Loomis joined us for the festivities.  JoAnna works with Catherine at Azusa Pacific University.  JoAnna has joined the entire Loomis clan for dinner every Wednesday night for just shy of 2 years….!!!  Ray and Catherine have become very important people in JoAnna’s life and are like family!!!

JoAnna’s close friend, Cheryl McKay, also joined us for dinner.  Cheryl is an accomplished Hollywood screen writer and wrote the script for the“The Ultimate Gift”, one of our favorite movies….!!

Yes, that’s an 18 ounce NY Steak on my plate!!

I was in S. Cal for business the last several days and stayed overnight at JoAnna’s apartment last night.  Irene joined us today after being driven to the airport by Jocelyn and flying SOLO from SJC to Burbank Airport.  As usual, she’s smiling….!!!

Happy Birthday, JoAnna….!!!

Dave

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“…. everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.”
Matthew 7:24-25

Are you and I prepared for the storms of life?  According to Jesus, the wise HEAR his words and put them into PRACTICE.  They are FOUNDATIONAL to weathering the storms that will, sooner or later, rage in our lives.

Just ask any carpenter or builder …. sandy soil is not good footing for building anything.  The “Architect of life” instructs us to build our lives on the foundation of His Word.  By the way, he doesn’t say that if we build our house on the rock that the storms won’t come.  He says that we will weather the storms …. WHEN they come.

So, back to the question …. on our respective journeys …. are we prepared for the storms of life?

Thanks for caring,

Dave

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