KEVIN ELWORTH LIVE

t seems these days that we don’t like to spend to much time in one place, so today we move on again, and fly complete our 7th and 8th flights in just two weeks. That’s more flying than we have ever done in all our lives. Poor little Austin doesn’t know what to think about the whole mess, but he does very well on the plane.

This holiday season has been wonderful for us. We were able to spend time with each of our families, and many of our family members that had not yet met Austin had a chance to do so. He was handed left then right, and then back to us to change the diaper. I think he’s going to miss all the attention. He’s such a people person.

We were able to see many of our friends and family, and all that made the recent few months seem small and just fade into the background-exactly what we needed it to do. Thank God for that.

On that note, a couple have inquired about my recent post on Dec 21. It’s truly a time for us to sit back and just watch God work in amazing ways. Sometimes He allows us to proceed through dark troubling times so that we are forced to throw up our hands and cry out to Him. This is one of those situations. It’s just to big for us to deal with, and thank God He’s come through. It’s still not time yet to disclose what the situation is, but please continue to pray. We covet your prayers all the more, and realize the genuine effectiveness of them.

Tomorrow we’ll talk about the new year!

By the way, the video is just about done. I’m putting a few finishing touches on it, and it should be ready to go by the end of the week. Look back for that!

It amazes me how much we can learn from our children. Especially since he is only 5 months old and I’m taking notes from him?! Puzzling isn’t it? Through our recent travels (so far four flights, a few hotels, and several rental cars) we’ve run across quite a few people. There’s just something about traveling with a baby that changes things. Those of you who have flown with a baby will understand. There’s always someone who wants to talk to him or hold him or see if they can get a smile out of him. Austin is very much a people person, so this is not a bad thing at all. Not only that, but the culture in Costa Rica is very friendly towards children, so it’s not uncommon for a complete stranger to walk up to us and want to hold Austin. (He’s a great evangelistic tool!) So we’re used to this.

Anyway the other day I made the mistake of prejudging someone. This person then wanted some interaction with Austin, and Austin was glad to oblige. Austin stood next to this person, and giggled, and gave him the biggest “cheezer”. It was so funny and cute. I’m proud of my little boy. A little while later I thought to myself, “self, you should be more like your little boy because it doesn’t matter who anybody is, they all deserve a cheezer.

I believe there’s a sermon in there somewhere, so if you read this and then hear me preach about it somewhere down the road you’ll know where it came from.

Merry Christmas!