Date: March 2nd 2010

Greetings and Salutations!

I hope this email finds you dry and warm! Cody, Wyoming is looking beautiful with a little snow on the hills and a bright sun in the sky.

First, it is my desire to update everyone on the situation with my wife working in Ohio while the children and I are out in Wyoming. The congregation here has been seeing how lonely we are being apart during this time. Understanding that we cannot continue this way much longer, I will be moving the children to Ohio the second week of March to be with Mom. I too will be staying in Ohio predominantly, but will also be spending 2-3 Sundays a month in Wyoming sharing the Word with my brothers and sisters there. This is still not an ideal situation with the great amount of travel, but it is one we are testing to see how things will fair. The congregation in Cody is very dear to my heart and the hearts of my family. Please continue to pray for us as we try to work through this situation. I thank the great number of brothers who will be visiting Cody this summer to preach for us there and will be sending a complete list out to you soon. A partial list tentatively includes, R
andy Pyle, George Jennings, Kevin Cauley, Robert Notgrass, John Smith, Brad Harrub, David Hersey, Mike Christiansen, and Erik Smith. If you are able to vacation in Cody this year, you will likely be in for quite a treat!

Second, I have finally been able to solve my video/audio lag problem. This has given me an additional benefit besides not looking like a bad Chinese martial arts movie. The program which has properly synched them has also shrank the online video's by about 1/4 the size. This means easier downloading and viewing. The typical 45 minute sermon is now about 22 meg. I am quickly working to replace the older larger files and hope to have this accomplished soon.

Finally, this email is to further update you on the modesty questionnaire that was sent out a few months ago. For those that have not seen it, it is located here: http://the-churchofchrist.net/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/tcw/20091007125753/ .

I had to have a bit of schooling on how to work my spreadsheets, but all is going well. I am swiftly entering data and finding the results very eye catching! I have attached a sample of the data thus far with two sheets. The first sheet is some of the data which has been compiled. The second sheet is a sample of how you can work with the data to make various observations. Do not miss the tab for the second sheet! It is the exciting part! NOTE ONCE MORE: This is not all the data, I will be sending out the complete spreadsheet when it is finished.

Currently, I am about to gather data from a few more congregations. Thus far, I have received data from about 50 different congregations around the world and from different denominations or from those who do not attend a church. If you are a preacher or elder and you have not submitted the questionnaire to your congregation and would like to do so, please contact me.

The data is in the form of an excel sheet. The excel program is a newer one. Thus, some of you may have difficulty opening or not be able to open the data. Do not stress! When everything is tabulated, I will make certain you get the data even if I have to mail it to you personally. I do plan on making a webpage that will display the data as well. From there you will be able to view, copy, and make observations of the data. I will be overtime adding many comparisons from the data as well as commentary utilizing scripture.

Again, thank you for your patience regarding this survey and its results, I believe the final product will definitely be worth the wait.

God Bless,

Travis Main