Snowfall

We are getting our first real snow (rather than just a few isolated flakes here and there) this morning. It's the very fine, powdery kind that is falling. The forecast says we may see this pattern for the good part of this week.

For those of you in Portland, Ore. that complain about inaccurate weather forecasts, at least the 24-hour forecast is usually in the ballpark. Last night, the forecast called for a cold and dry day today through Wednesday. There wasn't even a hint of rain or snow. That all changed overnight.

The State DOT truck went by a few minutes ago dumping some sort of liquid stuff onto the road. The road is white now.

We went to the Young Life, Wyld Life banquet last night and learned a bit more about what they do. They have a big social event (called Clubs) once a month or so where the focus is simply on having fun, and there is a small part where Jesus is introduced. Anyone interested is then welcome to come to the smaller, weekly or so gatherings in a leader's home that goes into more of the spiritual growth aspects.

Our table was a collection of pastors and their wives. The conversation included things such as, have you ever lost a sermon right before you had to give it? How do you go about preparing a sermon? Do you have tomorrow's sermon prepared? This being Saturday night, all the others still had work to do for Sunday's sermon - there was one that hadn't really started yet.

Our church had thirteen attenders yesterday. That's the largest number that we've had so far. We will hold a church business meeting later this afternoon.