Life has been fun lately. A couple of things, first, Genevieve my wife is 6 months pregnant, and she's never looked more beautiful, I'm so excited about her pregnancy, also we found out it's a girl!!!! We're chatting names right now but haven't landed on one, I like Melody, but we'll see. Second, I've been leading worship at our satellite campus Fiesta Fellowship(fiestafellowshipsa.org) and that has been great. I love the people and the team over there, it's been a real treat to be apart of that effort, I'm excited about continuing to help out in 08. I'll try and post pics of worship sometime, here's one though of a sweet little finger painting that a little girl did, I liked it.


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Here's a video of a new song I've been mulling over, the name of it is Lonely in my Dreams, this is from Joshua Cole Lee's CD release, I sang it that night. I hope you like it, at least this 52 second part of it.



This last weekend just about did me in, I was TIRED Sunday, I played a lot...but the beginning of this week is proving to be good recoup time, but Christmas Eve is coming, so it'll be right back to all the fun :)

Merry Christmas to all out there!

grace and peace

ryan

it looks like this!

We had a scary night this past week. This is my dad, his blood sugar dropped, so did his conciousness, so I called 911 and they revived him...what amazes me is Christ in all this, his presence and faithfullness, the verse below sums up our feelings lately...
Psalm 91
1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. [a]

2 I will say [b] of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust."

3 Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare
and from the deadly pestilence.

4 He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

5 You will not fear the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,

6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.

7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.

8 You will only observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.

9 If you make the Most High your dwelling—
even the LORD, who is my refuge-

10 then no harm will befall you,
no disaster will come near your tent.

11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;

12 they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

13 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

14 "Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.

16 With long life will I satisfy him
and show him my salvation."

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This was just a great thought for me, hope it can be for you too:

“Having no more roll to play in these parts,
I moved on.”

Your self esteem ought not to be based upon your productivity, but on your essential person in Jesus Christ.

I am who I am not because of what I do, but I do what I do because of who I am.

Who I am proceeds what I do. If I define myself in terms of what I do, that is when the existential philosophy takes over, and experience becomes the sole definition of who I am.

its going good, I'm a little tired...rehearsed today with the band and it went well, should be a lot of fun...I made a new friend yesterday in San Jose, we stayed with a friend of mine named Tony, and he has this great little Pug, I became quite fond of this little critter...O, and San Fransisco is a cool cool place, the weather is pretty unbelievable, there's a pic of us having lunch on Pier 39. O, this guy in the Civic rear ended this lady in front, so I thought I'd show you that, and also Colton getting his pong on....

That's it for now, tomorrow the worship commences...peace from the west coast

r