Hey Folks, I miss ya'll. I miss hanging out with my friends I've been working too hard. -I'm flying out to Quebec on sunday to to a weeklong of training -I'm in the process of writing a book on consumption based ordering for manufacturing plants...fun fun -I'm in the process of getting my lean six sigma blackbelt (no karate, just nerd stuff) -I'm in desparate need of a social life (as you can tell above  ) -I'm adding a hookah to my Christmas wishlist (but way at the bottom underneath of getting all the bills paid for) -I'm wanting to take the GMAT and start my MBA in the next year or so -I really love being married to Heidi, she's a neat girl -I need to change the blade on my lawnmower and mow the lawn...bad -I really love the church we're going to, it's such a giving church, and really preaches the truth -We're starting to get involved in sunday school...and I like it (it's been a long time since i've been on the learning end...and I've been starving for some good bible teaching) -My company has just hired like 3 or 4 more people and we're busting at the seams for space...we need a new building and some more revenue to match it all -I really like being a homeowner (or at least pretending I own it and the bank doesn't) -I miss my dad, it was around this time last year that he was diagnosed with ALS and died in February of this year. As cool as owning a home is, it's sad when I have questions that I would have asked my dad and have to call an uncle or research it online. -I feel God's been teaching me lots about humility and trusting him lately. I've always struggled with wanting to be pridefully independant and have things all under my control...but these past few months there's been so many things that I've just had to pray about and God has been right there with direction and provision. -I think the future of the music industry will be artists being sponsored by companies and publishing music for free. -I'm sad that we keep fighting wars and people have to die, but I realize that is the way it was written to be and the next phase of peace will be a false peace brought on by the antichrist. -My mom's hanging in there. She got a job at her church and works pretty hard over there. She's been going out with church friends alot lately and staying really busy. -I want to go hunting this year, but I'm afraid my work schedule will not permit it. -Heidi and I are probably going to go to Disney World sometime soon. -Heidi's working hard and doing lots and lots and lots of homework. Who would have thought seminary was supposed to be that hard. I thought when Jesus said you were supposed to have faith like a child and through paul said that the foolish things of the world will bring shame to the wise, he didn't mean we were supposed to read hundreds of books and do huge papers with anally specific reference notations....but who am I to judge? -Well, for those that lasted this long...thank you and get back to work. Love ya'll Derek | 
