Jim's Place: January 2006

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Can you raed tihs? i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

New Church Home

Yesterday, Lucy and I joined a new church. Since we got to El Paso, we've been pretty certain that this was where we were called to be, but wanted to wait (and pray) to make sure before we officially joined. It's a small, but growing church and with all the new construction in this small town (we actually live in Horizon City--on the edge of El Paso) I see great growth in the future for this church. I'm not sure exactly how/where God will use me in this church, but I know He does have a plan.

Actually, my first project was to design and publish a website for the church. This is not really my area of expertise (actually, I don't know if I have an area of expertise), but I just finished the initial site, but will continue to find ways to make it better. If you'd like to check out our website you can find it at: http://www.fbchorizon.org/.

Everything else is going good here. Lucy and I have both had and gotten over the flu, but Lucy's allergies are really gone and that is a true blessing. She had many allergies in Tallahassee but two of the main things were the trees and the weather (especially rain). Well, we don't really have trees here in the desert and it hasn't rained in El Paso since September 21st! That means, we haven't seen rain since we left Tallahassee. El Paso does average about 8 inches of rain a year (which isn't much), but I think it all comes in a 2-month period in the summer.

I still miss a lot about Tallahassee--especially our friends. I haven't found any golfing buddies yet and haven't played a single round of golf since leaving Tallahassee. Since I was playing at least twice a week there, I've already saved over $300 on golf in two months!

As you can see, my life isn't as exciting as most of yours, but I thought it was time to blog again so you would know that I was still alive. I actually wasn't feeling too guily since I noticed that Diane hasn't blogged since November 28th. Anyway, that's about it for now.