From Thursday through Saturday this past week, I have attended the State EMS Conference.  This was my first time in many years as an attendee.  Normally my role is that of “the guy saying a prayer Friday morning”.  Don’t get me wrong, I am very honored to be asked year after year to give the invocation, and to remind the people across the state how important they are to their communities, but I have to admit, I am more excited about attending as an EMT myself.

I was talking to a guy an...

We just found out that our Uncle, Gordon Brown died.  He was Bev’s dad’s younger brother.  Of her dad’s generation, only Gordon’s wife, our Aunt Jackie is still alive.  I have often mentioned to people how much I love being a Brown.  Not only are the Brown’s some of the nicest people you would ever meet, but 99.99999% of them follow Jesus.  Sure, they are generally over educated, but I don’t hold that against them.  They are just really great people to be around!

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