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New Baby… It’s a Boy

Doar Baby 2.0 Hey Everyone!

Kirstie had her 20 week ultrasound today, and we are the proud parents of a (extremly) bouncing baby boy!  Kirstie is happy to be over the hill on the pregnancy.

Time for the good stuff (The Pics):  Let us know if you think he looks more like me or Kirstie… :)

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A Charlie Brown Christmas.

One of my all-time favorite Christmas specials is “A Charlie Brown Christmas”. The family cuddled up to watch it on ABC last night.

Charles Schultz holds a special place here in Minnesotan culture, obvious by the plethora of “Peanuts” character statues located all over the Metro area.

There seemed to be even more commercials this year, but then again, that seems to happen every year.  Something that disappointed us all very deeply happened at the end of the show.  Or I guess I should say, didn’t happen.

My favorite part of the whole show is when Charlie Brown cries out, “Can anybody tell me what Christmas is all about?1?”  Linus comes up and tells the Christmas Story.
How disappointed I was when ABC omits this pinnacle of the entire special.   Here is the correct ending to “A Charlie Brown Christmas”

It saddens me that ABC has taken their effort at political correctness by diminishing the beliefs of Charles Schultz, and his works.  Christmas is about JESUS!  Whether or not you believe in it, it is the Christmas story, and deserves to be told.  I personally would rather them show the special in it’s entirety, or not at all.

Jacob Layton Doar

Jacob Layton DoarWe are happily welcoming into the world Jacob Layton Doar, our newest nephew , who cam into the world on November 11th.

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Congrats to my bro Chris, and Emma to their new addition, and to Brooklyn’s new brother…

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Gatta love MN Weather…

As I scraped off the ice on our loaner car this morning, I was reminiscing of 7 days ago or so when we had weather in the mid 70’s.

Only in MN I guess….

Bela had a blast watching the snow, she was niot really old enough to appreciate it last year…

Thing have been going pretty well for us.  Our car is still in for repair, but our fellow church member Dan from JD Auto has been great at getting us squared away, and thankfully has a loaner vehicle for us to use.

For thouse of you with kids, or young siblings, you may recognize our Halloween costume that we used at the Valley Christian Church Pumplin Patch Carnival:

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Thanks for keeping up to date with us.  There will be more news coming soon, stay tuned!

Urban Immersion in Minneapolis, MN

UI Shirt Logo As some of you know, I have been working with Shawn Morrison of Good in the ‘Hood on inner city ministry outreach initiatives.  Good in the ‘Hood has an outreach arm called Urban Immersion. Urban Immersion exists to give suburban youth groups, corporate teams, college students, (you get the idea) opportunities to serve and better the community, and make intentional connections for Christ.

This past Saturday Ted, Catrina, Bela, and I (Kirstie and Sue were at a Women’s Retreat) were serving at Urban Immersion’s second official event, giving a free lunch to the community in south Minneapols in 2 locations, including the “Little Earth” housing complex.  It was great to witness the youth group from Ebenezer Church (along with some pastors) serving and praying for the people of Minneapolis.  We heard some heartbreaking stories, as well as some amazing praise reports.

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I am currently working with Shawn on planning and coordinating future projects with Urban Immersion.  Shawn has an amazing heart, and has been very excited with our ideas and leadership. We are excited to see how God can use the Urban Immersion program to touch the hearts of not only the inner city community, but the lives of those who we coordinate to serve.