Do It Again!

Both Hudson and Josiah are attending an amazing, private, Christian school where each week they have a chapel service.  If you are want to worship with spiritual giants show up at 10:25am on Tuesday morning and get rocked by these amazing kids!  Every week students from each class get up and share testimonies about what the Lord is doing in their lives.  After each kid shares a testimony all the kids shout “do it again God, do it again!”  I’ve recently learned that the Hebrew word for “Testimony” literally means “do again!

This week a second grade boy got up front to share his testimony.  “Next month, I get to get a new dad!  I haven’t had a dad in a long time and I’m so happy.” 

We live in a fatherless generation and there are so, so many young men without a father.  So Lord, we just declare the testimony of this boy for those without fathers.  We also pray that the fatherless would enter into relationship with their true Father by the work of Jesus Christ on the cross and the power of His resurrection. 

Do it again God, do it again!

This is what's it's like for me sometimes going into class... little kiddos lined up blessing us and praying for us as we enter!  Is that awesome or what?!

Amazing Gift Givers

Do you know who is absolutely amazing at giving? We have a large and growing list of the Lord's amazing provision that he has given to us through all of you. Gearing up for the Thanksgiving holiday, I turn my heart to express the gratitude that has been welling up in me for quite some time.
We have been here in Cali for three months now and it has been such a blessing to hear from so many of you on a regular basis. Some of you have sent a timely text or card saying that you are praying for us or just thinking of us. Many have encouraged us in support of this adventure the Lord given. Some days trusting him feels like slipping on ice. Other days I am soaring on his unbelievable tangible presence.

A big part of living as the body of Christ is really a dance of tying hearts, a unity, a togetherness that I guess leaving has made me feel even more aware of. So thank you to so many that have made it possible for us to make the transition. For Joben to be even more equipped in the calling God has placed on his life.  For Hudson and Josiah to go to an amazing school that teaches them to dream with God, thank Jesus daily and to recognize what the Holy Spirit is up to.  We have all benefitted from this time devoted to knowing our Lord in a deeper way.
Thanks to our parents: Mike & Susan and Jack & Desie for your amazing support of us practically, financially, and with your love and prayers daily.

Thanks to the following for your support.  Your reward is eternal as you sow into the Kingdom of Heaven.  Your support has been made all the difference to us!

Changing Seasons

The temperature here finally dropped enough to feel like the season has changed. It's been mid-seventies up til a few days ago. Until today the California fall feels more like and Oregon summer. We woke up to an overcast sky, very strange not to see the sun filtering through the trees on the horizon. I worked outside trimming some trees and stringing up a rope swing until lunch time when we took the kids to the $1.50 movies.  When we emerge from the theater the rains had come and fall was here. 


The cool temperature, the moisture in the air and the fragrance of the neighbor chimneys made us all miss home today.  I’ve never been away from Oregon, or Springfield for that matter, for this long ever. 


Everyone has their favorite season, but for me I truly love the changing of the seasons.  Each new transition holds anticipation for the coming holidays, hunting trips, camping trips, yard projects, bundled next to the fire with your favorite hot drink... you get the idea.  The changes are marked with the signposts of budded sticks, bright-green leaves, vibrant color displays and piles of debris piled into to compost for the season ahead. 

 Life, growth and death come naturally and sometimes expectedly amidst these changing seasons.  The perpetual summer weather up to November would spoil any Oregonian as it has us.  Our family has experienced so much life and growth in our short season here, but the familiar feel of the cold, wet weather makes us miss home in a way we haven’t experienced until now.