I'm going to be a grandfather! Eric and Jenny will be having a baby in April and I am now officially old. I really can't believe it. How in the world did this happen (not the baby part as I know how that works)? How do you go from feeling like a young man still to all of a sudden realizing you're not. Time goes so quickly. It is so precious. Before you know it you are moving to the next stage of life and you wonder if you're ready for it and then you realize, ready or not , here you are! It is like it sneaks up on you and takes you by surprise. I wonder what our grandkids will call us. I'm not sure I want to be "Grandpa" or "Granddaddy". I know I don't want to be "Pawpaw", but I guess that will really be up to the kids so we'll have to wait and see. Let me know what you think. Eric has taken to calling me "Pops" so maybe they will adopt that.

It is hard to believe that we are down to just a couple of weeks left here in Honduras. It has gone extremely fast. Our interns leave on Monday, so I'm sure the next couple of days will be filled with emotion as they prepare to head home. I'm glad the kids (Ryan and Eric) are here as they are keeping us busy and unable to think much past a day at a time as we continue to work in the various communities. We will build a couple of more houses. One will be as a memorial to Lori's mom, Grammie Jan. I have turned over the responsibility and burden of choosing the site to the kids. It is always the most difficult aspect of the work here. Who gets a home and who doesn't. As my niece Erin said, " Why can't we do them all?" The reality is that the need is beyond doable. Maybe if everyone who could afford to give the $1000 necessary for each home, then we could, but the truth is that God told us that the poor would always be with us and I for one am grateful to be able to spend so much of my time working and living among some of the poorest in the world. The blessing is amazing.