Hey Everybody,

It's your old pal Doug.  I'm sure most of you thought that you would never see another post from on this site.  But I figured this might be one of the best ways to keep everyone updated on what's happenin in my life.  For those of you who might not know, I've moved back in with my parents.  This happened around June of last year.  I had lost my job due to lack of work so the company ceased to exist which really makes it difficult to pay people.  I've been working at Menards since July.  I have officially dropped out of classes.  ( I know what you're thinking, but I've already looked into it and school isn't a necessity for a part-time ministry position.)  I was just recently promoted to Asst. Dept. Manager in our Cabinets and Appliances Department.  It's been pretty exciting.  In other great news, my girlfriend, Miss Abby Rosswurm, and I have been dating for almost two years now.  If you haven't met her, you need to.  She's an amazing woman.  Enough of the mushy stuff.  I'm working on plans to move back to Muncie around July and August.  With my position, I can pretty easily transfer to another store without having to worry about loss of pay or anything.  I'm not a huge fan of retail, but it's deffinitely working out in my favor right now :)!  I haven't bored you guys withn my ramblings.  I'll try to post things as they happen and keep you all updated on the happenins.  Don't be affraid to drop me a line.  I hope you all have a great week and I look forward to hearing from everyone.

Later,

Fresh

Hello Everyone,

I appologize for the 4 month delay on my posts.  It has been brought to my attention by several people that I should post a little more often than that.  I must say that a lot can happen in that amount of time.  If I recall, the last time I posted, it had something to do with RJ and Kathy getting engaged.  I hope this message can be just as exciting for everyone.

For those of you who don't know, and believe me, there's a lot, I recently returned from a week long missions trip to Alabama.  I went with 1st Presbyterian Church here in Muncie.  We left Sunday, May 21 and returned on Saturday, May 27.  This trip was an amazing experience.  I wish I had some pictures to show everyone what we did down there.  I helped lead 12 retired members of the church on several reconstruction projects.  It was incredible to hear the stories of the people we were helping, plus the stories of the people I was with.  I thought that this was going to be a bit of a vacation.  I was wrong.  We worked from 7 in the moring until 5:30 at night.  It was great to see all of these people just pouring their hearts to help in any way they could.  For my first ever missions trip, I must say that I'm hooked.  If you want more details, you're going to have to ask.  I'd be more than happy to tell you about it.

In other news, RJ moved out of my house and got a place up by my parents.  He has spent the last month or so fixing it up.  He has made some major improvements.  I must say that I'm rather proud of him and Kathy.  They have spent a lot of time trying to get that place looking like brand new.  Even though I miss my older brother and best friend, I'm glad to see him get a place where he and Kathy can live together when they get married.  Way to go Bro!

For those of you who I normally talk to, but haven't for a long time, I'm terribly sorry.  I've been so busy with work, the missions trip thing, and trying to get stuff figured out with RJ, that I really haven't had a whole lot of time to talk and hang out with people.  I'm going to make an effort to call people and try catch up with you all in the next few days to weeks.  This week may be a little iffy due to the fact that I'm working close to 13 hour days during our blitz build.  So if I don't call you right away, please bear with me.  And once again I'm sorry for taking so long to try and talk with all of you.  Until next time, I hope you all Have A Great Day!!!

Doug

Hey Guys,

I just had a wonderful weekend in Michigan.  R.J., Kathy, and I went to visit my dad in Elsie.  I finally got to see Shar, who I hadn't seen or heard from since Thanksgiving.  I also got to see my little brother Mike and my older sister Kaytie who I hadn't seen since last year around this time.  It was a lot of fun catching up with the family and reminiscing while performing the family traditions.  We played ping-pong, threw darts, played a couple different types of UNO, and watched about 5 different movies.  I love Christmas.

R.J. and I got some good gifts and some pretty fun ones as well.  Dad Ron and Anna seem to believe that R.J. and I like to dress alike, so they bought us matching jogging suits.  It looks like Dad Cayle is getting some new clothes :).  We also got tons of food.  We were able to fill our entire freezer, half the fridge, the pantry, and two cabinets with all the stuff we got.  We won't have to buy groceries for a month.  Did I mention that I really love Christmas.

In other good news, I just found out today that I'm going to be getting three weeks off of work in February.  So I was thinking that maybe I could take a road trip or two.  All I need is a place to crash and some extra cash.  If you guys have any suggestions, feel free to let me know.  I've gotta run to class, so I'll catch you cats later.

You guys have a great day!

Doug