Today we added a new family member to the Brooks household- We bought a small female ball python! She's about 18" long, is very tame and friendly, and has beautiful colors and patterns. Ansley and Kelsey already love her, Lisa is still undecided...
I had snakes growing up- a boa from 6 yrs. old until I was 22, as well as various other kinds over those years. Lisa never liked snakes, so I never had any again since we've been married. Over the past couple of years, though, I've caught numerous snakes in our yard, and several kids in the children's ministry have bought snakes, so I've regained the old interest in them. Ball pythons are perfect snake pets- they don't get very big (3-4' long), are very tame, almost never bite, and get very comfortable with people. Molly, as we named ours, hopefully will do well with us- we'll certainly do our best to give her a good home. They've been known to live over 40 years- wow, my grandkids could inherit her one day!
Like so many of God's creatures, she is beautiful, and really is a testament to His creativity. So now a new adventure begins in the Brooks home!
Rob

Today I had the extra special privilege of conducting the wedding for my youngest brother, Mark. He and Missy had been dating off and on for several years, and just a month or so past Mark's 38th birthday, they finally got married. Mark had been single all his years, but Missy had been married before, and brings two kids into the marriage. They dearly love Mark, and he loves them, and the ceremony we did included them in a special way. Missy's daughter sang the song, "God Bless the Broken Road", which was very appropriate to both- not only in the development of their relationship over the years, but also in the personal journey each has made to get to each other here. Mark has long lived away from the Lord, but in recent years has begun to come back to Christ, and Missy gave her life to Christ in the last couple of years herself. Their journey and new life now together is all living proof of God's faithfulness, when we love and live for Him. He truly "causes all things to work together for good to those who love Him, and are called according to His purposes." Romans 8:28
Rob