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I realize I have not updated my blog in quite a while! To be completely honest, I do not know what to say at this point. So much has happened in the past little while...I guess I will summerize for now.

After we got back from India, we had a week of debrief with the students before they graduated. Then, suddenly, it was Thanksgiving.

Sunday following Thanksgiving we went down to the Colorado Springs YWAM base where we assisted Stefaan Hugo (YWAM Worchester, South Africa base director) teach on the topic of the Holy Spirit. That went amazingly well and God really blessed our time there!

The following Saturday was our Christmas banquet/ end of the quarter celebration with the students who were preparing to go on outreach. Most of you have probably heard what happened later that same night. We were awakened at 4am to discover the news. At that time, all we knew was that there had been a shooting and that Tiffany, Phil, Dan and Chuck had been shot. We would later learn, to our horror, that Tiff and Phil had actually died. Since that time- nearly 4 weeks ago- much has happened. But, to be honest, I don't really want to write about it right now. Perhaps later. I drempt about the incident all night last night, so I would rather focus on other things right now.

So, after the memorial service on Wednesday, we headed down to Texas for Christmas. I was in a weird place, so the holidays were weird for me. I'm not going to lie. Nevertheless, it was good to see family and friends.

We are now back in Denver and (as of yesterday morning because of a sudden influx of students) I am working with the DTS, which begins this monday. Although this is my 7th DTS to work with, I find myself approaching this with as much excitement as well as trepidation as ever. I think that is a good thing. So, without a good closing to this blog, I will leave you now...and I will write more later.