Hi everyone! Karen and I spent two incredible days in Yosemite National Park which is located east of Sunnyvale where we stayed with my sister Louise and husband Wayne. The awesomeness of God's creation, the beauty and vastness of His creativity overwhelmed us totally! It was exhausting, especially for this out-of-shape pastor but it brought back rich memories of when Karen and I got to visit Yellowstone National Park while still in seminary(way back in the summer of 1983--wow its been ages, almost a lifetime ago!) We got to see the huge redwoods which date back to 3000 years ago or that is what scientists estimate and got to enjoy the evening with Greg Sumii. Discussed with him church health, the discipleship process that the Vision Community is helping Gail and I to refine and implement and appreciated his insights. It seems that his church at Northwest church is also going through transition and although we are similar, we are worlds apart in terms of size(they average 1800 attendees on any given Sunday morning with 3 service times: 8:00AM, 9:30AM, 11AM. Karen and I are making plans to attend their 9:30AM service. They are also having a 11AM Vacation Bible School "Fundago" coincidentally with their 11AM service with the fun activities of the VBS week just concluded and they will have a 12NOON Fun Day, complete with bouncing castle, hot dogs, balloons, etc. We will try to take some pictures and post them for you to see. Although we have done much, we are also enjoying the time away from Hannah and Jacob; we will see them tomorrow in Los Angeles. Thanks again for your prayers and support! We love you all in the Lord! Daniel