On the 18th of September, I was given a birthday gift that quite honestly surpassed my wildest dreams. My wife brought out Jeff from California for a long weekend. Now I have known Jeff since I was about five years of age. We have had a lot of great times together growing up, but this was just amazing. I had not seen him in over three years though we talk on the phone pretty regularley, but that just dosen't cut it, so as a birthday gift Vicki brought out Jeff as a surprise.
We loaded up the motor home and headed up to Mt Princeton here in Colorado, where we spend two days just hanging out.

One of the core ideals of ESIX is walking along side of other men, sharing your walk, experiences failures and successes, that is just what Jeff and I did. The Lord was such a big part of our weekend, words can not describe the joy we experienced. We sat and had a real opportunity to share the roads we had traveled over the last three years in such detail, that there is no other explanation other then this was Christ driven.

We woke up on Saturday at a rather late time of the morning to go fishing, but we decided to give it a shot in this little stream behind the campground. Within seconds of casting I began catching fish and we continued for over two hours of catching fish after fish after fish. When it slowed down we talked more and before you knew it, the fish began again.

Being able to talk with another man of God while he walked along with us in our weekend was a gift I will be forever greatful for. Sharing the heart of Christ and sharing our challanges in life was truly a blessing..

Jeff is one of those friends few of us find in life. A men who knows you as well as you know yourself, he is truly a blessing from God.