An ongoing account of the life and happenings of the Rathmells.

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Nathan is da man

Talking to Nathan after the second round of the NCAA tournament game that Bucknell lost.
Sockshead as my kids call him is officially a stud. He loves the Lord and strives to please him in his life and is doing really well in his first season of Div 1 soccer. Check out today's article on him and pray that he continues to hear God voice as he follows after him.

I'm losing my playtime

Like every good father I am sure that Jack is advanced beyond his years so I have begun reading him a book for 11 to 16 year old young men with very few pictures. Tonight I am reading with my arm around Jack as we sit snuggled in my Papasan chair. We are only 5 minutes into chapter two when he looks up at me apologetically and says, "I am losing my playtime."

I am laughing out loud as he runs downstairs to play. He came back a few minutes later and asked me to read him one of his typical books filled with pictures.

Imagine that.

I still think he is exceptional but maybe we'll shelve Teknon and the Champion Warriors for a few more years. :-)

Thursday, September 07, 2006

In the States



The above picture was taken at Denny's after 35 hours of travel at 4 a.m. in America.

Well we are back in the states. It has been good to be back in the states and a little bit of culture shock at the same time. We are going to be living with Jen's father this year while we are in the states. Today I am setting up a video recording studio in one of the extra bedrooms.

Adrianne is loving school. We have seen God's hand going before us in many different ways and one of them was being told that her whole school year had been paid for.

Right now a programmer is working on the site that we are going to launch. Today I met with some youth pastors which was really fun. In Japan I was always wishing I could meet with a bunch of youth pastors. One of them has done a lot of online ministry stuff and it was cool to see how God had his hand even in that small meeting.

We are hoping by the end of the month to launch our online ministry.

Stay Tuned.