Ice

An AP report titled, "Deadly Ice Storm Grips Heartland," said, "Powerful system blacks out 600,000 homes, grounds flights, closes schools, blamed for 18 deaths." But the worst of it has bypassed our little piece of the Midwest. Although my friend Col. Scott McChrystal had his Delta flight delayed a full day because Delta was unprepared for deicing their planes.

It's still drizzly this morning, but not nearly as cold. All of our ice has melted.

Slideshow of last week's ethnicity commission

Here is a larger format slideshow with some highlights from last week. Click here.

Ice storm hit north of us much worse than here.

MO Governor Proclaims State of Emergency

Ice is still lurking in our part of the state as an ice storm warning continues. It has already hit upstate, knocking out power in some locales. Most rural schools in the area have been closed in anticipation of what is supposed to hit tonight. At least one church canceled service tonight. It will be interesting to see what's awaiting when my alarm goes off at 6 a.m. tomorrow.

Peggy is still not doing too well. Still going through her second course of antibiotics and using an inhaler to help her breathing.

We appreciate those of you who have let us know you have been praying for her. Pray for those without power tonight. We well remember that from last winter. It's no fun.

Burkina Faso 2004 Missions

Here is a slide show I did long ago but just recently uploaded. It's of one of my favorite international trips ... to Burkina Faso in 2004 for a World Missions Edition story. Got to do some ministry as well. It was a photographer's dream.

Winter Storm Warning

Well, we are under a winter storm warning. Some are saying it could usher in an ice storm as severe as last year. Hope not. Here are some shots from last year's ice storm. The first one is a juniper in our front yard.

Move of God in Ethnicity Commission

Here I am with my friend Samuel Asiedu, president of the African Fellowship of the AG, after the landmark Ethnicity Commission meeting that took place yesterday. I will be blogging about this on the TPE Blog and also doing an article in the magazine. It was a powerful day. More later.

Please continue praying for Peggy. She received results today from her tests yesterday. She still has pneumonia and she also has a partially collapsed lung. She's a very sick little girl and we really need the Lord to touch her.

Cormorant With Ducks

Took this on a rare day in Oct. 2004 when a cormorant showed up to hang out with the ducks at Drummond Lake.

Other Cameras

On the cruise, all four of us had cameras. Remember when there would be only one camera in a group of vacationers? All the previous shots were on my camera. Here are a few from the other three photographers.

Peggy:

This is a great camel train shot.

Jim:



Sherryl:

Persistent

Peggy is still fighting this bug we caught on the cruise, as are Jim & Sherryl. Peggy has viral pneumonia. I have started coughing again and am fighting symptoms now again. Jim had been over it, then got it again. Never really had anything this persistent before.

Looking forward to tomorrow. I will be interviewing the Navy Chief of Chaplains for our TPE podcast.

Cruise on Slideshow

All the shots I currently have on Flickr in a slideshow. Click "fast" to see them more quickly. Click the bottom black bar for captions.