A Visit from a US Olympian

Today USA Olympian silver medalist Gigi Marvin paid a visit to our office. Gigi plays on the women's hockey team which won the silver medal in both 2010 and 2014. She is a really great gal with a wonderful testament, and potential author for BHP.

We were made aware of her visit last week. Since I had been to the 2010 Olympics and had some souvenirs, I was asked to bring them to help decorate our food table. I wasn't sure who Gigi was, so I looked her up on the Internet. When I learned she played hockey and was from Warroad, Minnesota, I decided to phone my cousin Pudge to see if her knew of her. No surprise! Of course, he did. He knew about her family, too.

Here are some of the photos taken today:

Putting on the silver medal

Gigi Marvin and yours truly

2014 Silver Medal from Sochi

14th Anniversary

Today starts my 15th year working at Bethany House Publishers. What an amazing ride it continues to be! While no job is perfect, I would honestly say there have been only a couple of days that I wanted to pack up my things and not return, but the details of those days have gotten really blurry in my mind.

Each day I rub shoulders with top notch editors, designers, secretaries (I still prefer that term to administrative assistants), and marketing people. I correspond with great authors and now and then get to spend some time with them. I'm part of the team that decides what the covers on the finished books will look like, and I work just one mile from my home. That is a big plus.

I'm thankful to God for leading me to this job. I know He had a hand in it. Here's to another great year!