The Toilet Seats Are Colder!

I have now been a Michigander for one week, and I’ve learned a few things . . .

• Before we came, everyone asked if we could handle the cold weather in Michigan.  My answer was “weather is a state of mind.”  After one week, my mind is very cold!
• I already love the church staff.  I already love the great hearts of all the people.  There is a great eagerness to move ahead with God, and that really excites me.
• There is at least one state that has not yet been conquered by Wal-Mart.  It’s Michigan!
• I can tell that we will be blessed with great friends.  I know this because we already have made some!
• Michigan roads have a lot more potholes.  I repent of all my past complaints about the condition of the roads in Arizona and California
• The Lord’s work is not easy here.  But, God is able and I am confident that He can and will overcome the powers of darkness.  ( . . . . He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world – 1 John 4:4, NKJV)
• I still love my Prius.  I know that driving a foreign-made car is something I should not brag about in Michigan, especially since I live only 41 miles from the “Motor City.”  But, the overriding factor is 48.02.  That was my MPG on the 2,078 mile drive from Phoenix to Ann Arbor.  I used 43.27 gallons of gas, at a cost of $164.58.  (FYI:  Our Nissan Frontier achieved 25.19 MPG on the trip!)
• The toilet seats are much colder in Ann Arbor than they were in Phoenix.  Therefore, one does not need hot tea (or hot coffee) to wake up in the morning!