I’m outahere.

Not outatime.

This weekend we are taking off for Ohio. It has been since this past July that we have seen our grandson, Braden. He was playing baseball at the time. He’s pretty good for a little guy (but I’m not the least bit prejudiced).

He is also playing football. Dynamite comes in small packages they say. I think he fits that bill. He has been playing for over a month now and my schedule (or is it his?) has not allowed us to see him play. It has been over 3 months since I have been out of the pulpit so a break is needed. Now…whether it is for the folks here or for me is probably up for grabs. 🙂 Anyway, we will be heading out Saturday and returning Monday sometime.

An added bonus: he plays Sunday, which also happens to be my 64th birthday. I told him the best present he can give me is to play hard, knock somebody on their tush, and win. Okay…so I didn’t say that “tush part.” But I would love to see them win! We also plan to eat out with them. Braden used to call it “Grandpa’s house.” Code name for Texas Roadhouse. I can taste that salmon already. 🙂

All that to say I will be out of commission until Tuesday at the earliest. I plan to take a pretty good media break as well. So I may read your posts but I seriously doubt you will know (aka I probably won’t comment). I’d appreciate your prayers for a safe trip for me, Jo & Tami, as well as for Ryan, who will be preaching his weekend on the church at Philadelphia.

Oh one more thing: a spitting image of his good-looking grandfather

See the resemblance? Other than being good-looking, I don’t either. Have a great and safe weekend!