UPDATE ON THE ADVENTURE

ABSOLUTELY NO WORD FROM THE GUYS WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE IN JUST A FEW DAYS. KINDA UP IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW. THEY WILL TRY TO GET A VISA IN UKRAINE. STAY TUNED!

WORST OPENING ROUND PICKS EVER FOR ME IN THE NCAA TOURNEY. 8-8! GOT MESSED UP WITH:

OHIO OVER GEORGETOWN(HOW'D THAT HAPPEN?)

MURRAY STATE? (MUST BE THE EAST HALL CONNECTION)

THE MORMONS!!!

THE CATHOLICS FAIL!!!(NOTRE DAME)

THE CATHOLICS SUCCEED(ST. MARY'S)

HOPING FOR BETTER TODAY!!

IS ANYBODY OUT THERE???

COLD AND WET AND UGLY WEATHER TODAY. I KNOW IT'S WARM AND NICE THERE. REALLY MISSING EVERYBODY. I SAW DOGWOOD BUDS AS I WAS LEAVING. ARE THEY BLOOMING? DON'T LET IT HAPPEN TILL I GET BACK. I'LL BE THERE SOON.

I'M READING EPHESIANS BEFORE I GO OUT. I HOPE YOU ARE READING THERE AND ENJOYING TJ'S TEACHING FROM THERE. THIS IS MY PRAYER FOR US:

¹⁵ For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all his people, ¹⁶ I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. ¹⁷ I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit ^{f]" style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.5em; ">[f]} of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. ¹⁸ I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his people, ¹⁹ and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength ²⁰ he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, ²¹ far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that can be invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. ²² And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, ²³ which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.

AND SOMETHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY BEFORE I GO:

LOVE YA'LL. YA'LL LOVE EACH OTHER.