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Life has been pretty mum in the Layman household recently. As with most of you reading this...we are trying our hardest just to stay cool. Temps have been exceeding 100 degrees here in Charlotte and when you add humidity and leather car seats to that...things can be downright miserable. We know that even this crummy weather is part of God's good purposes but we wouldn't be disappointed with a change in the thermostat.

Megan has been keeping herself busy with her new scrapbooking endeavor and with work. She has been putting in some extra hours to help finance our upcoming beach weekend in September and anniversary trip in October. The beach trip should be a good time, especially since it is a weekend of fellowship with our good friends from our home church in Apex. Not only will the anniversary trip be a good time to get a way and enjoy the scenery on the Blue Ridge Parkway, but it will be the first time in a year and a half that we get to get away just by ourselves without visiting any family or friends.

I've been working to finish up my "Doctrine of the Holy Spirit" class. It is taught by Dr. Sinclair Ferguson and listening to the lectures has been a real treat. Not only is the Scottish accent fun to listen to , but the content has been very encouraging. I hope to take the exam next week and get my paper done before the fall semester starts on the 22nd. Right now I am leaning on writing about the Spirit's role in the Covenant of Redemption. I've been working in the library a bit more this summer and have enjoyed being able to contribute more to the family income. Recently I have been working on boxing up Dr. Brown's books that his family donated to the RTS library upon his passing. As I have been perusing the various titles (and various languages) that make up his library, I am thankful for how God gifted him and how he gave so much of his time to invest in the life of many seminary students.

We're traveling to Apex this weekend to see some friends and worship with our church family there. We always love going back and continue to pray about the possibility of returning there to live in the future. It is amazing to us how much we miss the area and the people giving we only lived there for a year and a half.

Well, that is enough rambling for now...have a great weekend!