My new job has been going well.  I like working at the church, for the parishioners and the pastors.  They are all wonderful people.  I like the hours and having Friday off to get other things done.  God has truly blessed and we praise his name.

In the middle of July, Jeri and I spent five days at Sunriver Or with her brother Larry and his wife Diana.  Had a great time biking the trails and floating the river.  Weather there was perfect which is usually is in July!

We also have made it down to the coast several times.  We found a beach near Oceanside called Short Beach which is really nice for looking for agates.  It also is very scenic and not overcrowded.  We were fortunate in that the times we went there the weather was just phenomenal considering it is the Oregon Coast.

Aside from all the activities, is the real reason for our existence and that is to be friends with God!  We can see by the world events, that the time of the end is fast approaching.  We pray for all of you, that when God speaks to you, you will listen!  God loves you and so do we.

My job is going well.  It's a perfect situation for me.  Mostly on my own, just managing the church's schedule, email, phone calls and producing the church bulletin every week.  Our senior pastor just announced he will be retiring this fall, so it will be interesting to see how that goes and who the new senior pastor will be.

It is also a sad day for us as one year ago last night, was the last time we say our beloved Riley cat.  That night, Riley and Buddy were both outside late.  I called them around 10pm and neither of them came in which was unusual, but had happened before.  I kept calling them every 15 minutes or so but still nothing until about 11:30pm when I looked outside and saw a shadow of a dog figure, which was probably a coyote.  A few minutes after that, I saw some raccoons and also a skunk.  And then a few more minutes and Buddy showed up.  Riley however never came home.  He had done this before, disappeared for a an extended period of time so we held out hope (and really still do) that he just show up.  the longest he had disappeared before was 3 months or so.  However, as I said it has now been a year.  He would now be 14 years old which is getting up there for a cat.  A few weeks after he disappeared, one of my folks cats, Felix disappeared as well and unfortunately I did find a part of him.  So with all that said, we accept that Riley is probably no longer alive and are just thankful for the time we had with him.  He was a great cat and we miss him tremendously.

As noted, today is February 28.  It was two years ago today that I left my former employer.  It is hard to believe that time has gone by.  God has blessed us though and we are thankful and praise Him for that.  We know that all will work together for our good, because we love Him.

I just installed Windows 7 on my computer.  I have had the upgrade for about 3 month's, but hesitated doing the installation while we were in the middle of the remodel.  However, I decided to tackle it today.  First I backed up the computer data files which took about 2 hours.  Then I started the upgrade.  That took about 6 hours, but all went fine.  It was all automated and did exactly as the instructions said it would.  If you have more questions about doing the upgrade, you are welcome to ask me.

This weekend we are celebrating Jeri's mother's 80th birthday.  We are together with family and tonight friends will join us for a celebration.  Should be a lot of fun.

Note also the link at the top of the page to our Litvinland 2009 Journal if you want to review last year.  Thanks for your interest in us and for your thoughts and prayers.  We pray for all of you everyday.  We know time in this world is short and just pray that the Holy Spirit will touch your lives, inspire you to search for the truth about God and that you find that truth.  We love you all!