Sawyer, Jump On It!

Yale!

It's official. Yale is the destination. Thanks to all of you for your thoughts, prayers, suggestions, etc. over the past few weeks. I have absolutely loved my time at Pepperdine, but now I am really excited for this opportunity. In a few weeks will begin one of the longest road trips known to mankind. Henceforth, everyone is re-invited to the other coast of this great nation.

Buehrle: Perfect Game

Family vote

Dad (Nick) and I had a discussion the other day about Alex and the very difficult decision he has whether to stay at Pepperdine or transfer to Yale. Worth of a family vote and/or discussion to let Alex in on our brilliant ideas for his future? We thought so. So, what do you think people? I believe Nick voted for women in bikinis on the west coast vs. the snow bunnies on the east coast.

Half Marathon

On Sunday morning August 2nd I am going to try and drag my 6' 3" 280+ lb. frame 13.1 miles in the Rock n' Roll 1/2 Marathon. I am joining about 200 other people from Faith Church in raising money for an area in Rwanda where we are partnering with World Vision. (I'm also doing it to prove to myself and Pastor Bob that I can do it.) If you'd like to help sponsor me, you can follow this link http://www.firstgiving.com/jasondevries1 . If not, no problem, you can pray....hard!

Prayer

We wanted to let our family know of two special needs for prayer. First - Nikki is at Northwestern Hospital for tests and treatment. She will have a feeding tube inserted tomorrow. The Doctors need wisdom in deciding on another chemo to give her. Karen & Nick are staying at the hospital as much as possible. Second - Marlene is in hospice at her home. Debbie and family are taking care of her. Dad and I were there tonight. She didn't respond to us. We are trusting God to supply every need in these situations.

Sawyer Talking

This was Sawyer Talk/Yelping about an hour ago...

Kid Rwanda

The kids ran today for Kid Rwanda - a smaller, kid version of our church's involvement in the Chicago 1/2 marathon to raise money for the village we support in Rwanda. The weather turned out to be great and the kids had so much fun! It was a nice opportunity to have the kids look past themselves and focus on other kids' needs. About 60 kids ran, so hopefully we'll raise a lot of money!
(The group picture is some of the Faith-Valpo kids)