Latest News As Fall Has Fallen

We continue to enjoy living in Colorado. It's feeling like home. The Bear Valley church has surely
made us feel welcome. All Pollards (including Clover) seem to have made the adjustment. This is a busy time. I've been more busy away from home than I have been in some time, but that will soon change. The Bear Valley Bible Institute is great (I would heartily recommend it to any potential gospel preacher--www.bvbid.org). Here's some pictures:





Here's the early part of that nine inch snow we had a few weeks ago (our third of October). It was melted by next afternoon. Neighboring areas got up to 28 inches.







The Bible Bowl at Northwest was a huge success. Seven of those kids are BV kids (all but the far left and the two on the back row far right)! We were very proud of them.








This was the whole group, twenty of which were BV kids (see if you can see Gary)










We were fortunate enough (through flyer miles) to fly the whole family to Virginia for the tenth annual CHR lectures. Here are the boys as they get their first glimpse of the fountain in Detroit's airport. They also got to stroll through the psychedelic tunnel (thanks to Mom's free-spirited suggestion; she's a great mom!)




That's supposed to be me preaching at Cold Harbor on Sunday morning (they had about 225 that morning). All I can see as I edit is a big brown spot (that may not be too far off). If you're interested, by double-clicking on it you may get a better pic (thanks to Ray Williamson for taking the picture). We enjoyed the return to VA.






Last Tuesday night (11/7), we had Garth, Angela, and Kiril Hilton over for dinner. They are on furlough from Ukraine. Garth grew up at BV, but we've actually known Angela and Kiril longer. Angela's flat was the first home I visited in Ukraine (May, 2002). Kathy stayed with her in 2004. Kiril is third from the right.



Some after dinner fellowship (those who have eaten at our house, guess what Kathy brought out to play after dinner). I have a clue: four letters and starts with "D."







I flew into West Palm Beach last night (10:30 PM EST). I'm speaking on the South Florida Lectureship and staying with Dan and Judi Jenkins (son Jonathan is attending and speaking; he lives in Snellville, GA, and preaches for the Avondale church).








This afternoon, Jonathan took me over to Juno Beach to see the Atlantic ocean. It's beautiful, in the 80s, and muggy! I hear it's snowing in Denver this weekend (but no humidity! Yeah!).