What a great day!
Yesterday the Bishop asked me to go Sporting Clays shooting to support South Dakota 4H. Hmm...let me see? Would I like to give support to a great group (SD 4H), have fun and get to know our future bishop and his future staff better? Hmm...let me see...YES!
So we loaded up the bishop's SUV and headed out. I need to insert here, I go shooting about once a year...so I always set my expectations really low. I figure if I get anywhere near 50% I did OK. Sure enough I got 50 out of a 100. After all sporting clays is a very humbling sport...why not be humbled again? Of the dozen teams, our team took 2nd place. So thanks be to God, I did not pull them down too far.
I love autumn! I love football. I love cooler weather. I love the changing of the leaves. I love people coming back to worship after vacations. I love hunting. I love it all.
It is good to be back home in the Midwest! In CA, there are just two seasons: 8 months of hot, dry, smog & traffic and 4 months of cool, wet, cloudy & traffic.
It is wonderful live in SD. It is wonderful to turn on the morning news and ask God what kind of weather will you give us today? It is wonderful to be surprised on a daily basis.
Yesterday's surprise was a beautiful day with beautiful weather, getting to know some really great people.
Lastly, let me report to you that I know that there will be no surprises from our new synod staff. Our outgoing staff, Bishop Andrea and her gang, as many of you know, were outstanding! Thanks be to God, on the talent and enthusiasm level, we move from outstanding to equally outstanding. I know SD is in great hands with great people. Sure there will be surprises wherever there are new personalities, but with God is in the mix, with a very talented synod staff, any of those surpises will be minimized. I am confident this new staff will do a great job of rolling with any and all of the surprises. I know they will be a blessing to our great Church.
What a great day...what a great state...what a great time of year!
Give 'em Heaven!
T-Rob
