The Blind Beggar

It’s good to be back at this blogs keyboard. I’ve missed the interaction, contact and exchange of ideas fostered here. It is also good to see the blog come back to life as demonstrated by unique visits and page views.

I am getting back to my community work also. Just finished a bird inventory for Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services for our property and the neighboring wetlands. Will be discussing some other project later this spring. I’ve been doing some limited volunteer work at the Rogerson Clematis Collection and botanic garden (where I’ve volunteered weekly for over seven years), but will be back on a weekly schedule come March 1st. Not been involved with the homeless since the accident and looking to see how He might move me back into this area. Community garden is on the back burner.

I’ve got a couple of opportunities in our faith community, including some teaching (which excites me), that I’m praying about. Also started two weeks ago helping a twenty-something grow spiritually as he attempts to say clean and sober. He wants to learn how to study the bible, so we are focusing on that topic for now. As soon as the rains lighten up I’ll be back prayer walking the greater neighborhood. Speaking of neighborhood, we are making a renewed effort at getting to know some of our newest neighbors. My wife started it at Christmas by baking a dozen loafs of Banana bread and hand delivering them. It was a big hit.

Looking forward to a productive and stimulating 2010. And as I say now when friends greet me with, “It’s good to see you,” “It’s good to be seen.”

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