complete.

i'm late with my 9 on 9, but wanted to get it anyway.  i'll go back and

backdate it, but wanted to share.  our kids are rad--so thankful for them.

i got the neatest e-mail today.  remember my 31st birthday project where

you all raised $5,000 for a clean water well?  charity:water chose Engeleb

village in Ethiopia as next in line for who needed one & it was just completed.

i received pictures today.  thank you so much for everyone that gave &/or

spread the word about the project.  these people were drinking dirty water

before and now look. i'm humbled and so very thankful for each of you. 

we asked for help and were answered.

answered by people like you.

then, last year, on my 32nd birthday, i told you about Busoga.  that

was the village that our son, Nico, had visited and it made such an impact on

him that they did not have clean water.  he took me there and we prayed out together

for the Lord to help them.  they were literally drinking swamp water that they shared

with their animals.  [like so many people around the world do.]

we decided that the Lord wanted us to help them.

we asked you for help and you answered.  in 13 days, the well was funded and

just 3 months later, our family was on an airplane across the ocean to 

see the completed well.  we rejoiced with the village of Busoga and told them

that it was out of the Lord's great love for them that people all over the 

world had made this possible.

those people were you.

well, guess what?

tomorrow, i turn 33.

i want nothing more for my birthday than to give it away for

the Lord.  to answer a calling for my brothers and sisters around the

world that need our help.

i pray that you'll join me tomorrow in spreading the word and in giving.

sending you so much love.  i'm humbled & thankful for this space.

see you tomorrow!

[i'm running out the door, but will link to the above projects later when i have time

if you want to read more about them.]