Getting Out

We've really had a great fall taking international students out into the outdoors. They are so curious and exciting to explore all the Hill Country has to offer-which is a lot more than I had expected. Coming from Montana and growing up skiing and hiking around the northwest I didn't expect much from Texas. BUT, I have been very pleasantly surprised. I just love how the outdoors provide such great opportunities to talk with students about real life and spirituality.

Updated Family Pic

here is what our family looks like now. This was taken yesterday in our backyard. It amazes me that there are now five of us. We are having so much fun. Our kids are growing through so many fun phases. Brennan does the spider crawl and casts webs on passers-by that he sees, and Madison is all into her new friends at preschool.

Baby Macy is HERE!!

AFter 38 weeks of waiting, she is finally here!!! We are so excited. Maddie and Boo are really enjoying her as well. Maddie started preschool last week so there are lots of changes and events (Hurricane IKE for one) around here.

I'm running for president of the United States

Not sure if you've heard, but I've decided to go for it. I will run for the presidency in 2008. I hope I have your support. Check out the mania that is surrounding me right now below...

http://www.inews3.com/topstory.php?id=4d696b657c4b72696567

you may need to copy the above link and paste it into your browser...once elected, I'll have a secretary...of course, who can help me with my blog. I hope by then to make more frequent entries.

A Great Church in Germany

If you ever find yourself in Datteln, Germany. you must attend Wendepunkt!!! Stefan Arhelger is the head pastor and a dear friend of mine. Years ago he was trading Japanese futures contracts in the stockmarket in Frankfurt and God called him to go to seminary. Stefan went to Spain on an internship with TEAM international. This is where we met. We were teammates. Together we went through the villages of southern Spain preaching the gospel with a man called Leif Erickson. yeah, seriously. That was his real name. It was an amazing summer and one that radically changed my life. Over the years Stefan and I managed to get back together in Spain, Germany, Prague, Russia, and the U.S. It's amazing how much our lives have changed over the years. Here is a link to Stefan's church.. go check it out!!.

www.wendepunkt-datteln.de


God has used him in great ways. Who knows, maybe one day you'll get a chance to meet him.

Busy Few Days

It's so beautiful right now in Austin. Man I just love this town! We have a busy weekend ahead of us. The Annual Krieg Family Reunion is going down in Taylor, Texas on sunday. Watch out Taylor, here come boat loads of Kriegers!!! Then we're having 3 Iraqi students over for dinner. In the meantime I'm trying to figure out how we burned through almost 30,000 gallons of water in June. I'm nervous we might have a water leak.

Iraqi Student Leaders Visit UT

The UT is one of a few schools selected to host up and coming student leaders from Iraq. There will be 16 visitors here from July 10 through August 14th. We have made the request to be a host family during the time and have yet to here back. They will be immersed in programs studying public policy, political science and government among other things. Kristen and I are so excited to see if we can host a student. We'll let you know!