We are in St. George Utah!

Greetings all and welcome to the Wiebe's official blog with updates of our new ministry and life in St. George Utah! We would like to keep you updated on what is going on as we are a part of a church plant/satellite campus through the church that Phil has worked at for the past six years. Feel free to check out our links and previous posts if you missed them. I promise at least two a month or more!

Running back to Saskatoon

Melissa and I made a little trip to Saskatoon last weekend. We headed up for Dallas and Heidi's wedding. We even slipped out to Bethany to go check it out. First time I've been there since 2003. We ran into a few people at the college like Erica Scammell (almost Baerwald), Kelsie Lynn (Kahn), Rosemary Thiessen, and Dave Carey. It was quite fun to chat with them and really neat to show Melissa the college.
On top of that, we snuck over to the Siebert's to pay them a surprise visit. This was very exciting as Phil and Shirl had us sit down and join them for lunch and participate in one of my all time favorite things: discussion with Bethany greatest professor of all time. It amazes me that to this day when Phil talks I'm both inspired and encouraged. He was my mentor for two years at Bethany and let me into his life a little bit. I love that man it was a privilege to be able to share some time with him.


Of course the whole reason for which we went up to Saskatoon was Dallas and Heidi's wedding. This was a great time as we were able to visit both with Dallas and Heidi on Thursday night and then connect with lots of other Bethany friends as well. Dallas had Jon Hamm, Josh Pauls, his friend Curtis, and myself stand up with him. We had a great time and even through Dallas into the pool at the rehearsal dinner.

Great wedding fun times! We saw lots of people and then drove home. It went by quick but was lots of fun.

Best in-laws ever!

On Wednesday night I was informed that my mom and dad in-law and my wife and I would be heading to Evanston (1 hour and 20 minutes away) to watch a show. We got there and kept on going and they informed me we were going to Canada to visit my parents. I started freaking out about work and all the responsibilities and quickly found out that Melissa had already taken care of it. It was so cool! We drove 16 1/2 hours and got there Thursday morning, hung out with my parents, grandparents, friends and family, then left Saturday morning at 4:30. We made it back it in time Saturday night to get a good night sleep and be in church on Sunday. My in-laws and my wife are amazing!

So pretty much they wanted to meet my family and see where I grew up. I truly have the best in-laws ever! For all my friends and students that get married it is a prayer of mine for them to have a great family that they marry into. It is a great blessing. It's cool for me to say that DeLon is one of my heroes in life and that Barb is an amazing woman that I love and respect. That's cool! On top of that, they both came into the pig barn with Dad and I because they were both interested in seeing what that was all about. Now that is amazing! (probably more to amazing to you that have ever been around a hog barn)

Anyway, the one lesson I have learned besides I have amazing in-laws (which I new, but this just added to it) is that it really isn't that far of a trip to Utah.

Memory and Hope

For those who still remember...
One of the greatest things I miss, as I live here in Utah, is the good old hockey game. I am starting to play men's league again but it has been two years. Longest absence of play in my life. I'm excited about and have a better helmet. It will dawn the logo of the greatest team in and some of the best memories of my life.

All there is to know

Haven't posted in a while:
Sold our house in December and bought a different house in January. We've been moving in ever since.
Happenings worth mentioning:
1. Church had a building campaign and we're finally moving out of our warehouse space into our own building.
2. Still a junior high pastor...still love it.
3. Adam Bryce and my cousin Kaylee visited. Much fun!
4. Friends Nick and Naomi visited. Also much fun!
5. Found out Joel Krueger is getting married.
6. Shot rabbits eye out with my .22 (hard shot to make)

That's it for now.

Merry Christmas!

Hey guys! Here is my best mustache ever! I would like to dedicate it to Dallas Stobbe for the new and exciting step he is making in life. You rock Dallas!

Sad to say, but it kind of feels right

To some of you this may sound weird, to others perhaps not. On November 24th, my gorgeous wife and I, and the family were celebrating American Thanksgiving up in Kalispel, Montana, where much of her extended family lives. Let me just say that they are amazing and I love them very much!
Her aunt Twyla and uncle Randy, live up in the mountains in a log house, and that's where we got to stay. Absolutely gorgeous.
So, let me explain the picture. While we were up there I had the privilege to go off-roading with Melissa's uncle Darryl (let me say that this man is an absolute hoot, and spending any time with him I consider good time). We went cruising through the mountains of north-western Montana, and it was very pretty scenery. We broke down once and did some walking, but I didn't mind. I loved the fresh air and time to stop thinking about the fast paced life.
We did get his International Scout working again, and later in the evening went driving which ended up in a crash and complete destruction of his 4x4 rig. I smacked my head on something, and got a spare tire in the back of the head. It may have left me slightly concussed, but not enough that I would add it to my tally. I was too coherent in my opinion. I guess I am still at ten.
The weird part about it, though I was in much pain for two days after, was that it reminded me what it felt like to be like back in the day, which felt kind of good in a reminiscing kind of way. Fortunately, my new dislike for pain over-rules neat little tinglies from the past and I have no intentions of going after it again.
All in all thanksgiving was great, Melissa's family is amazing, and I can't wait for next year!

Life continues to change

Recently I sat down and thought to myself, life has definitely changed. I once was a farm kid, who was always doing something dangerous or stupid, playing hockey, looking for thrills, and staying as far away from being responsible and organized as possible. I now consider myself one of those city folk (not necessarily on the inside), I haven't played hockey for two years, and I find myself enjoying things to be neat and tidy, perhaps slightly organized. Fortunately, my newest comrad in life, Jason (the senior high/college pastor @ our church) is a chip off the old Bible College block and we manage to revert to a lifestyle less approved by our better halves.
Before I go to far, this picture is of my jeep that I am building. My buddy Casey and I brought the tub home to my house so I could polish up the body. I do all the mechanics at his house and we are nearing the end.
Back to Jason. Here is a story. Jason and his wife recently had a little girl, their fourth child. We decided to celebrate by leaving work a little bit early and sit down and drench ourselves in incense with "holy pastor cigars." Unfortunately, on the way out of the building we were snagged to move some office stuff life books, stacks of papers, a fridge, water cooler, etc. by our boss. The new Phil of today would have just done it and moved on. Somehow the fridge and water cooler ended up in front of our boss's office blocking his exit route before we left. Don't ask me how it happened, it just did. We are also very fortunate that we have an amazing boss who likes a good prank and we are picking up on the fact that we may see some retaliation. All said and done, we got er done and then were fumed with "holy smoke" from "Jesus stogies."
That tall guy in the red is Jason. Amazing! It's wierd to think but since we work in the same office, it's kind of like being in Bible College all over again. I don't know if that is always a good thing. Well, not at least for getting work done.
To conclude this blog, here is a picture of my beautiful wife Melissa: