“But let it never be forgotten, that tenderness of spirit is absolutely inseparable from a spiritual frame. When our blessed Lord prayed, it was “with strong crying and tears?i?:” and when Jacob wrestled, “he wept, and made supplication.” This then is the state of mind which we must aspire after. Our fervour must be a humble fervour; and our confidence, a humble confidence. And whilst we look to God to accomplish all things for us, we must at the same time use all proper means for the attainment of them.”
Charles Simeon on Genesis 32:26 (1832-63)
Matthew took a flying leap off the deck in the backyard. Some friends were over and Jenn thinks he was doing a little showing off. She also tells me he cried a little but was more upset when she tried to take him inside. He really love playing outside. Here’s a photo of his first major facial wreck.
We started attending a church in Morgan Hill called West Hills Community Church. They are a biblically minded church with their foundation in the inerrant Word of God. They are also only 10 minutes away! This is quite a blessing compared to the 30 minute drive we were making to Grace Presbyterian. West Hills attracted us in a number of ways…
They adhere to conservative orthodox beliefs in their statement of faith. Each Sunday is filled with Expository preaching, feeding us God’s word. The teaching is passionate, encouraging , well organized and informative. They have a church building with Sunday school for all ages. The nursery is staffed by volunteers who are also members of the Church. The church resources links point to many of my favorite preachers and teachers. Christian Zorio, the associate pastor is trained from John MacArthur’s Master’s Seminary and the senior pastor, a John Piper fan, delivers excellent sermons that display a passion for God much like John Piper.
Jenn, Matthew and I are really starting to feel that this may be our Church home. We will miss all our friends from Grace Presbyterian although we will probably continue to attend the Grace Presbyterian small group on Tuesday’s until our friendships and community at West Hills picks up. We will continue to keep you all up to date.
Here’s a short video of Claire’s ultrasound. This was when we discovered that our baby is a girl. We also discovered that we might have a tom-girl, check out those shoulder and arm muscles! 
The first portion of the video shows her arm, followed by some close-ups of her face, then it wraps up with her flexing her arm.
I know. It’s so late to be talking about last years Christmas, but I forgot about these photos until my brother Michael had asked me about them. We had fun that day and I snapped a few keepers. Here’s a couple of my father smiling and thinking as he tells a story.
These are actually two natural and classic expressions from my dad.
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I posted many photos on flickr lately. Some new and some very old, even before Jenn was pregnant and during her last pregnancy.
It’s fun to browse those funny looking photos of days we barely remember. Keep in mind flickr provides a way to break the photos into photos sets. I find that it can be a little confusing getting to the photo set page where it displays all the sets. If you want to see all the sets, Click Here
