{"id":345,"date":"2008-04-09T21:23:14","date_gmt":"2008-04-09T21:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2008\/04\/a-day-in-the-2.html"},"modified":"2008-04-09T21:23:14","modified_gmt":"2008-04-09T21:23:14","slug":"a-day-in-the-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2008\/04\/a-day-in-the-2.html","title":{"rendered":"A Day in the Life – Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today was a home day – thank God! I’m desperately trying to finish my fiction book. After rewriting, editing, etc., it’s still 300 typed pages. That’s a ton of work by the way. It should be completely done by Monday – yeah! Throughout the process the story has completely changed, including a major twist at the end. It will release spring of 2009.<\/p>\n

I spent much of the day in meetings and phone calls. Giving across the country is down and at Children’s HopeChest<\/a>, we are feeling the economic crunch where people are losing money in the stock market and afraid of what the future economy holds. So, if you are thinking about giving, now is a great time to help us keep our programs going to the thousands of orphans we serve.<\/p>\n

ETHIOPIA PEOPLE – I had a call with Russ Weir, a friend down in Houston today. He and his wife Angel<\/a>, have a huge heart for Ethiopia. We are beginning the initial process of gathering everyone who has a heart for this country to help us open it. Please email me ASAP if this is you. Amy and Josh Bottomly, I know this is good news to you!<\/p>\n

We are expecting a foot of snow tonight and that is making me a little nervous for my flight tomorrow to DC. I leave at 6:00 am, that means leaving the house no later than 4:00 a. For those of you in the DC area, I’ll see you at Ebenezer’s Coffee House<\/a> tomorrow night. (Click the name for details)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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