Happy New Year! As this new year begins, I must thank and praise God again and again for His goodness and faithfulness.

I also hope to blog more often as I seek the Lord's direction for 2012. It seems changes and challenges are just the norm these days.

Here are a few things we are anticipating this year: My wife is closing in on the end of her career with the US Navy. Her ship, the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, left San Diego on Jan. 6th for Bremerton Washington - across the Puget Sound from Seattle. I join her in a few days and that will begin the first of many trips to the PAC Northwest til she retires in July. We are looking forward to meeting many new folks and enjoying winter in Washington. It won't be Coronado but we are going to make the best of it.

I'm also anticipating establishing new relationships with as many churches as possible as we seek to expand the ministry of Shepherds Staff.

Any day now my daughter will be giving birth to her first child, a little girl. She will be my 5th granddaughter! We are so excited for Noelle and her husband.

Thanks to all who have been praying for and supporting our ministries to missionaries, sending churches, and giving encouragement and counsel to many other pastor's.

What a joy to continue being used by the Lord for His purposes!

In His Arms, Pat