At the same time, I started freelance writing for the local newspaper the Pflugerville Pflag and was assigned the Religion beat (yippee!). I've since written four stories that made the front page! But my favorite interview by far is with Dr. R.C. Sproul, Jr. for the third issue of the CHEACT newsletter. The interview was about his life of course, and his passion for homeschooling. If I can figure out how to add a link to that story, I'll add it on my home page somewhere. RC (who is the son of the famous Christian speaker by the same name) is battling cancer right now and needs our prayers. The prognosis is good, but the treatments are hard on a father of seven!

My other job this year is being the information officer for our local homeschool group. I get to play around with our website (we're a closed group, so no advertising needed, word of mouth works just fine!), and organize service projects for our 10 year old and up group. We've been volunteering at the Storehouse which is an awesome Christian organization (www.the-storehouse.org).

So that's about it! Since I'm writing so much, I haven't had time to work on my novel. As a matter of fact, right now I should be on ebay selling some stamp sets that I promised to help a friend out with! But this summer (especially since we're hosting a Brazilian exchange student) I haven't found much time for any work (aw, my dh would say, must be nice!!) but I'm up to date on my scrapbooking! But now that my daughter isn't leaving for college until the spring, I want to spend as much time as possible with her. Then it's just me and the boy! Please pray for Steph as she prepares her heart for Pensacola Christian College (a place that my pastor said he wouldn't even go to because they have so many strict rules!).

Speaking of my pastor, I'm interviewing him for a story since he just got back from Israel (he's on sabbatical). He saw the bombings and has some interesting stories to tell that I am going to submit to the newspaper. Alright, this post is long enough already! Ta ta until next time.