We met a cool couple today...

David and I normally attend the second service on Sunday's at our church, but once a week we work in the nursery. On those days, we work in the nursery during second service, and go to church during the third service. We always take Nadia to our church's playground after church to let her play. I said all that to say that after third service today David got to talking with this man named Doug, who told us that he and his family had just moved here from Ohio so that he could attend flight school. His wife came over, and we got to talking about schools, cultural differences, the heat, etc. We stayed about 30 minutes after church talking to them, and we were excited. We exchanged phone numbers, and I hope we get a chance to visit and hang out with them.
Trinity is doing a series right now about growing a deeper faith. We're in the 1st chapter of James, and the sermons have really given us a lot of food for thought. Today Dennis was talking about avoiding temptation, and the difference between trials and temptations. Basically trials come into our lives from God to grow us up and mature us, and temptations come from Satan to tear us down. The trials give us a chance to become more Christ-like by growing. I kept thinking about a song on one of our kid's Bible CD's about the fruits of the spirit, and I felt pretty convicted that my life really isn't bearing much fruit. I'm not patient, I don't have much self-control, and I don't feel all that gentle. When I'm in a frustrating situation, I give in to the temptation to lose my temper, yell, scream, etc... I really like sermons that take me out of my comfort zone and force me to analyze and delve deeper into myself. They are uncomfortable, but definitely necessary for spiritual growth.
After church, we ate lunch at Hub City Diner, and then went to David's office. I basically haven't been there since he moved in, and WOW, was I impressed at the progress he's made in there. It really looks like a real office! I was impressed to see his Father's Day present hanging on the wall.
At this point it was 3 pm and time for Nadia to nap, so we came home and all crashed for about two hours. Sunday afternoon naps ROCK!
Last night we went to Suzi and Elliott's for dinner. We had leftover Shrimp pasta from Catahoula's....can you say YUMMY! I ate two helpings. We watched the movie "Jumpers" which was really good except for the ending, and then ended up talking about the public school system, vouchers, homeschooling, etc until 2 am. We joked that at least we shaved an hour off from the last time we visited. Nadia was up at 7 am this morning, and that certainly was not fun, but we really enjoy those discussions that always end up happening when we hang out with the Kahn's.