Baptism, Trains and Etc.

It's been a while since I posted, and a lot has happened since then. Most important was my wife, my youngest daughter and I getting baptized on 12-23-07. This was exactly 3 months after coming back to Christ. I was at the church the day before to see if I could fix the water heater for the baptismal tub, but no dice. Therefore they brought in a propane stove and heated some water to get it up to about 60 degrees (from about 34 degree when we filled it up part way). The little one squealed "OOH IT's COLD!!" when she got in. LOL!!

I am now in Romans and Deuteronomy for my quest to read the Bible for the first time. The first day of my vacation I went and got a KJV of the Thompson Chain reference Bible-very cool, but I still like my NASB best for study, and my HCSB for daily reading. I also picked up John Calvin's "Institutes of Christian Religion", Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening", Paul Little's "Know What You Believe", A.W. Pink's "The Sovereignty of God' and was given Charles Swindoll's "Grace Awakening".

I am still going to my church, a non-denominational, but that is based in, and is closest to, the Baptist doctrines. My wife and kids are going to the Pentecostal church they like. I erroneously used to think we all had to go to the same church, but quickly came to the conclusion that what was good for me may not be good for them, and if they really love the other church, which they do, and as long as it teaches Christ is the only requirement for salvation, which it does, then it doesn't matter if we attend 2 different churches.

Our computer started taking a poop right before Christmas, and I worked on my trains for 6 of the 11 days I was off, so I didn't really spend any time online during that time. The first 5 days were spent doing family and church stuff, as well as buying a new washer and dryer (dryer also took a poop), and I never had new washers or dryers. I always got free used ones I had to fix to get running or keep running, so I bit the bullet and got a new set. I also picked up a new tower, and bought the wife a new laptop so I could have the one I typing this post up on. ;~)

I got quite a bit done on my trains, but not as much as I had hoped. I am about half way done with laying track, and tonight I surpassed the half-way point of building my rail yard. There are 8 tracks going through the yard: 2 main lines (one in each direction, 1 arrival/departure track, 4 classification tracks and 1 intermodal track. Quite impressive if I do say so myself. Once I get the yard done I can finish one complete loop in a matter of 2-3 days. My layout is 84+ square feet: 2.5 8' by 4' plywood sheets. I'm pretty happy with the plan I came up with. Eventually I'll post some pictures on here.