Wednesday, August 12th, we have our Pizza Man fundraiser from 4-9 pm. Wear your Bulgaria t-shirt if you have it and come eat pizza or just drop by. Take out orders are included--just tell the folks who ring you up that you're supporting the Layne adoption. We're super excited to hang out with our friends and celebrate the progress we're making with the adoption. Here a a few of the people who have posted pics of themselves in their "Hope" shirts!!
Did you know we've been selling t-shirts? Believe it or not, we relaunched our t-shirt fundraiser with Bonfire... Click here if you want a shirt. Remember, this is a limited-time fundraiser. It is so encouraging to see our shirts on social media and on our friends. We love seeing people excited to buy them and wear them. The support we feel knowing that people want to represent us, support adoption, and promote Bulgaria is amazing!
Last week we visited St. Augustine, Florida. We took the girls to Anastasia State Park to play at the beach. They learned a little history (Daddy, aren't you proud?) at the Castillo de San Marcos, and we got to see some great friends as well.
Our first full-time job in student ministry was in Jacksonville, Florida from 2000-2002. We still have sweet relationships with some of the remaining church staff. As far as the students we served there, we've watched them go from middle and high school to college, weddings, and now lots of cute kiddos. It's a blessing to know that even after 15 years, we can throw a Chick-fil-A hangout night together and former students who are still local will shift around their schedules and drive an hour in traffic to the other side of town to see us. God has given us such good friends. We love these guys!
I attempted to retell the last 7 years or so of our lives to one of our friends while we talked at Chick-fil-A and she joked about us being a "rolling stone." :) That's a true statement! After a laugh, I said, "I am more confident of our steps during the past 7 years in a really difficult time than at any other period in our lives." First, that's a blessing. At least we know our crazy history was God's plan. Second, I thought of all the people that God allowed us to encounter in our ministry history since our very first student ministry position in 1997. That's a lot of people... We covered a lot of territory. But, so many of our very best friends have come out of those student ministries, crazy experiences, and random places.
I am so grateful. Not only because of the past but because of where God has brought us. God continues to allow us to develop and grow. We have a church home we committed to even before they chose Kev to be one of their pastors. That's a blessing. We have such fun and sweet relationships with the other pastors, staff and sweet families in our church. We are blessed with wonderful relationships with the students at New River. We are serving where we hope to be forever.
It's funny how you come full circle in life. All the plans you have for what you are going to do for God... Everything you think you know... Impatience with people and the world... Then somewhere along the way, you learn that life is about what God does, not what you do. The only thing you really know is how little you actually know. Patience is learned when God puts you on His timetable and not your own.
Last week we visited St. Augustine, Florida. We took the girls to Anastasia State Park to play at the beach. They learned a little history (Daddy, aren't you proud?) at the Castillo de San Marcos, and we got to see some great friends as well.Our first full-time job in student ministry was in Jacksonville, Florida from 2000-2002. We still have sweet relationships with some of the remaining church staff. As far as the students we served there, we've watched them go from middle and high school to college, weddings, and now lots of cute kiddos. It's a blessing to know that even after 15 years, we can throw a Chick-fil-A hangout night together and former students who are still local will shift around their schedules and drive an hour in traffic to the other side of town to see us. God has given us such good friends. We love these guys!
I attempted to retell the last 7 years or so of our lives to one of our friends while we talked at Chick-fil-A and she joked about us being a "rolling stone." :) That's a true statement! After a laugh, I said, "I am more confident of our steps during the past 7 years in a really difficult time than at any other period in our lives." First, that's a blessing. At least we know our crazy history was God's plan. Second, I thought of all the people that God allowed us to encounter in our ministry history since our very first student ministry position in 1997. That's a lot of people... We covered a lot of territory. But, so many of our very best friends have come out of those student ministries, crazy experiences, and random places.I am so grateful. Not only because of the past but because of where God has brought us. God continues to allow us to develop and grow. We have a church home we committed to even before they chose Kev to be one of their pastors. That's a blessing. We have such fun and sweet relationships with the other pastors, staff and sweet families in our church. We are blessed with wonderful relationships with the students at New River. We are serving where we hope to be forever.
It's funny how you come full circle in life. All the plans you have for what you are going to do for God... Everything you think you know... Impatience with people and the world... Then somewhere along the way, you learn that life is about what God does, not what you do. The only thing you really know is how little you actually know. Patience is learned when God puts you on His timetable and not your own.
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