Good evening every one it has been a couple days. With Jennifer and the kids getting here yesterday afternoon, we have been very busy. The kids rooms are all set up and we have almost everything we need for the house. We get our fridge tomorrow! Praise Jesus!! Someone gave it to us!!
Jennifer has done a load of laundry in the sink already because we do not have a washer yet.
The van we were using, we do not have anymore so we are currently without a car. My dad just sold our truck back in Michigan so that is a huge blessing.
Today I did some school work. Took my last two tests and have a couple assignments to do tomorrow then I am done until March!!!!
We ran to Walmart to return some shelves we had bought, all three were broken. We picked up some dry food that does not need to go into the fridge and Jennifer made her first meal. Rice, Gondolas and Chicken. She used a rice cooker for the first time, it was amazing!
Earlier this afternoon we went to the beach. Blake fished off of the pier. He caught nothing but we did see fish jumping which was cool. We also met Nefty, a local who fished there 3-4 times a week and catches almost every time. He is a nice older man. I know we will meet again. Bridger had a blast playing in the water. Jenn made a new friend, a little black puppy. He was cute. No he did not come home with us. Once we left that spot we went to another beach to watch the waves. God sent us a nice family who told us not to go into the water there because the waves are very strong today and we could get pulled in. 10-12 foot waves. We were talking and found out that they are Christians too. They invited us to go to the beach with then after church on Sunday. I hope we are able to meet up.Lord willing we will be able to.
-This is Bridger now-
I caught two lizards and put them outside. I went to the park with mom and Blake and Dallas and found a dog. I pet it and it was really nice. I had lots of fun. We meet a few people too. Today it rained out a little. I played with basketballs today too. We also watched the movie Frozen.I went to the beach and played in the waves while my dad and brother went fishing.
-Back to John-
It is truly amazing to see God hand in everything. As we walk out this life of faith we start to see Gods hand in literally everything. From people giving us everything we need to an open parking spot at the post office. Living through faith is truly amazing. More intense than I have ever experienced. God is so close all the time. When you have very little you start to become thankful for EVERYTHING. I mean I thought I was living in faith before we came here.....
The love of Jesus is so physical you can literally feel it! I cannot explain it but it is intense. It feels like a rush of fresh air and moves you to tears.
God is humbling me very much. I am realizing more and more every day that this life I have been given is not mine to control and the timing of everything is in Gods hands. Even today my flesh was worried about a car and ours not selling. Then we sold ours. We will get our next one when God sees fit for us to need a car. Until then, we live life in our community, in our house, and on our street. God has us right where he wants us and we just have to live in that moment and see how we can glorify God right where we are.
We, as a family are learning to adjust to eating less, taking shorter showers, using less light and learning to live on, literally our daily bread. Huh, funny. Kind of what Jesus calls us to do...should of tried this sooner!!!!
God has slowed us way down, is teaching us to worry about nothing, showing us what truly matters and is guiding our life everyday.
This has been a truly amazing adventure so far, God has used our blessing to show others here in the island the power of Jesus, even pastors!!!! There is power in the name of Jesus and when you call upon him and truly know that God has promised us things, life just becomes.....WHOA.....AMAZING! All because of Jesus!
Good night more later!
Thanks for the prayers we love you all!!!
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Sureal Experiance
Wow, sorry I missed the post last night. It was 11:30 before we got home.
Sunday night we went to a church in Jayuya, that is int he mountains....way up in the mountains. I was not sure what to expect. As we are driving through the winding roads, the starts a distant sound of singing. I starts out faint at first, then the whole van breaks out in song! Now I could not understand every word, but I could make out, Jesus, Holy Spirit, God and love. I could feel the Holy Spirit in their voices. As I sat smushed against the window, I could not help but notice the beauty. The rock, trees, flowers, for, birds chirping and was so amazing to be basking in Gods creation. The it hit me....like a ton of bricks and I could not help but smile and laugh. Its like God spoke to me and said, "John, you are living it, you are doing what i have been preparing you and your family for and what you and your family and friends have been talking abut for so long. All those nights a Epic Redemption talking about those who go into the world spreading the gospel, the he videos and films watched and books read. Quotes, quoted and the desire to do the same. John you and your family are now those people! All those talks with Jennifer and the kids about knowing I am going to send you someplace but you just didn't know where. I have sent you to the mountains on a tropical Island in the middle of the Caribbean sea so spread the good news of Jesus Christ!" Whoa....that is epic! I had to laugh with pure joy.
God has been so faithful with my prayer for guys to walk life out with here in Puerto Rico. He has been sending me some pretty amazing friends. There is even a big strong dude like Mike Gruppen. LOL
His name is Tony and he helped me move some stuff last night, along with Pastor Leo and Issac. The dude picked up the couch like it was toy. HAHA....oh the little things God gives us.
We accomplished so much yesterday. We got our PO Box, electric, water, lease signed, most large items moved into the house and even had time for coffee. Thank You Jesus!!
Riding with Issac last night he shared with me some local info that is good to know, like, if it is past 11pm and you are alone at stop light, don't stop just come to a slow down. He showed me where the "Bad Ghetto" is, cant wait to become friends and talk abut Jesus with some people who live there. During the day of course. ;)
Today is the last day for me to get stuff for the house and finish the big stuff. Gotta go for now more later.
Oh...prayer request
Pray for the job at the school for me, I will be talking with them today, Lord willing at some point. We still need a car, pray for Gods chosen car shows it self tome today or tomorrow. Pray for pastor Leo and his family as they have blessed us so much and too are living by faith. Pray for my new friends, Issac, Rebbecca, Isabel, Edna,Tony, Armando, Eldwin,Viviana,George and those I will continue to meet.
Some unspoken prayers for myself. Just not sure how word it.
Thanks everyone, love ya!
Sunday night we went to a church in Jayuya, that is int he mountains....way up in the mountains. I was not sure what to expect. As we are driving through the winding roads, the starts a distant sound of singing. I starts out faint at first, then the whole van breaks out in song! Now I could not understand every word, but I could make out, Jesus, Holy Spirit, God and love. I could feel the Holy Spirit in their voices. As I sat smushed against the window, I could not help but notice the beauty. The rock, trees, flowers, for, birds chirping and was so amazing to be basking in Gods creation. The it hit me....like a ton of bricks and I could not help but smile and laugh. Its like God spoke to me and said, "John, you are living it, you are doing what i have been preparing you and your family for and what you and your family and friends have been talking abut for so long. All those nights a Epic Redemption talking about those who go into the world spreading the gospel, the he videos and films watched and books read. Quotes, quoted and the desire to do the same. John you and your family are now those people! All those talks with Jennifer and the kids about knowing I am going to send you someplace but you just didn't know where. I have sent you to the mountains on a tropical Island in the middle of the Caribbean sea so spread the good news of Jesus Christ!" Whoa....that is epic! I had to laugh with pure joy.
God has been so faithful with my prayer for guys to walk life out with here in Puerto Rico. He has been sending me some pretty amazing friends. There is even a big strong dude like Mike Gruppen. LOL
His name is Tony and he helped me move some stuff last night, along with Pastor Leo and Issac. The dude picked up the couch like it was toy. HAHA....oh the little things God gives us.
We accomplished so much yesterday. We got our PO Box, electric, water, lease signed, most large items moved into the house and even had time for coffee. Thank You Jesus!!
Riding with Issac last night he shared with me some local info that is good to know, like, if it is past 11pm and you are alone at stop light, don't stop just come to a slow down. He showed me where the "Bad Ghetto" is, cant wait to become friends and talk abut Jesus with some people who live there. During the day of course. ;)
Today is the last day for me to get stuff for the house and finish the big stuff. Gotta go for now more later.
Oh...prayer request
Pray for the job at the school for me, I will be talking with them today, Lord willing at some point. We still need a car, pray for Gods chosen car shows it self tome today or tomorrow. Pray for pastor Leo and his family as they have blessed us so much and too are living by faith. Pray for my new friends, Issac, Rebbecca, Isabel, Edna,Tony, Armando, Eldwin,Viviana,George and those I will continue to meet.
Some unspoken prayers for myself. Just not sure how word it.
Thanks everyone, love ya!
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Eventful Sunday
Today was very... Eventful
There is much more I wish to share about today but using my phone because my computer broke today.
I Met George today at church, he speaks only English and has been here for 36 years. He has a cool story.
Met Edwin and Viviana at church today as well.
They are coming over this weekend to take Jennifer shopping! Well Viviana that is.
I used a Translation radio at church this morning, first time for everything.
I ordered our PO Box
Then the computer broke, the space key stopped working. Sweet!!
Then we went to the mountains for a church service tonight, what a blast! There was singing in the van ride (16 people, whom of 2 I knew, in a 15 passenger van) as we drove by houses and picked people up, some seemingly off the street, but it was awesome!
Once to the church we went back for more people living in a really poor area.
This church mainly is maid up of people living in very poor conditions with no transportation.
Driving by houses honking to let people know we are here for them.
Helped a lady into the van with only one foot who could barely move.
The church had me share what we are doing here from stage.
Pastor Wilson gave me a great word from God! I cried.
Not to mention all the great food. The food here is amazing. I ate rabbit for lunch.
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Blood, Sweat and Tears....Ok just sweat :)
Wow our blog is at over 1000 hits, either I am a really good writer or God is working....I know what one it is. :)
So today was a hard working day. I started of the day by leaving the house without eating. Angeles and their daughter Rebbecca showed me where the dollar store was so I could get some cheap cleaning supplies. I picked up a mop,cleaner, broom, trash bags and an array of other things. After purchasing those I stopped by a little food stand to get some breakfast and met Nelson. I ordered in Spanish, at least what I could. The he said, "You can speak English if you want to." I have never been so thankful to speak English!! I had to work through all store transactions today in Spanglish. I was not pretty, but God got me through and I left with the items I needed!!!! YAY!
I stopped back by the Salvation Army in Arecibo and met the pastor their, Pastor Jorge. He knows of a family leaving the island and is giving all their things away. He is going to see if he can get in contact with them for us. Pray he can.
The store it self is super small, I would not even call it a store. The Holland Salvation Army is like the RiverTown Mall compared to this place.
During by driving around I almost hit a dog. I slammed on my brakes, missed the dog, but the car next to me bumped it. The dog is ok....I think.
I got to our house and met our next door neighbors, Alice and Oscar. A nice older couple. They spoke a little English, and let me use their water to fill up my bucket for cleaning. I mopped the floors, dusted, put a Bridgers bed together and weed whacked the yard, that is until I ran out of weed whacker string. We have a side walk going from the house to the street sidewalk, you could not even see it, it was overgrown. However, buying cheap is not the way to go. They have a saying here for that but i forget. My broom handle busted as I was sweeping the driveway, the "Heavy Duty" trash bags are less than heavy duty. So I have to buy the good stuff I guess.
Just so you all know, there is a down side to all this heat.....you sweat a lot, get prickers stuck to your legs because you are wearing shorts and need to drink water all the time! LOL :) No, really I feel so blessed to be sent here. God is good.
The van I am driving seems to have a loose motor mount. It shakes like crazy when you are going up hill and pushing the gas. Looks like they are going to need to get that fix. Pray for Leo and Angeles, they have been having lots or car issues. Pray that season in their life is over.
For lunch I went to Martins BBQ Chicken, Half a chicken and Plantanos for under $7, easily feeds 2 kids, maybe even two adults if your not super hungry, I brought some back home! And it is amazing!!! Ordered all by myself too :) Spanglish again but I'm learning. The lady behind the counter was yelling "Next in line" in Spanish...I completely ignored her...that is until she yelled it in English. LOL She was sweet, and you should of saw her face when I told her we just moved here. HAHA
I think that will be my go to food joint for a little.
I got back to Leo and Angeles house for dinner and their other daughter was here, she just flew in from California, and a friend was here too, oh and Angeles mom, Leo and their other two kinds. It was a full house. I love that!!!!
After dinner Leo and Angeles had to leave to go to a funeral. A member of their church passed away. I took an hour nap and then did some school work.
Over all it has been a busy, blessed day.
Please pray for my worries about a car and stuff to pass. I know God already has what we need, we just need to find it. I know I need not worry. But pray the worry stays out. I do not want to make a hasty decision just because we are in need. I need God to provide for us not us provide for us.
There still is no power or water at our house. Pray that we can get that turned on ASAP!!!
Christmas has started here already so there are literally parties all the time. Celebrations start the day after Thanksgiving until the middle of January. It basically is a two month party. Meaning, the people at these companies car more about the Christmas activities than work right now. Pray that God puts an urgency in their hearts for us.
Well, I guess that is all for the day. Thank you for the prayers and continued support.
So today was a hard working day. I started of the day by leaving the house without eating. Angeles and their daughter Rebbecca showed me where the dollar store was so I could get some cheap cleaning supplies. I picked up a mop,cleaner, broom, trash bags and an array of other things. After purchasing those I stopped by a little food stand to get some breakfast and met Nelson. I ordered in Spanish, at least what I could. The he said, "You can speak English if you want to." I have never been so thankful to speak English!! I had to work through all store transactions today in Spanglish. I was not pretty, but God got me through and I left with the items I needed!!!! YAY!
I stopped back by the Salvation Army in Arecibo and met the pastor their, Pastor Jorge. He knows of a family leaving the island and is giving all their things away. He is going to see if he can get in contact with them for us. Pray he can.
The store it self is super small, I would not even call it a store. The Holland Salvation Army is like the RiverTown Mall compared to this place.
During by driving around I almost hit a dog. I slammed on my brakes, missed the dog, but the car next to me bumped it. The dog is ok....I think.
I got to our house and met our next door neighbors, Alice and Oscar. A nice older couple. They spoke a little English, and let me use their water to fill up my bucket for cleaning. I mopped the floors, dusted, put a Bridgers bed together and weed whacked the yard, that is until I ran out of weed whacker string. We have a side walk going from the house to the street sidewalk, you could not even see it, it was overgrown. However, buying cheap is not the way to go. They have a saying here for that but i forget. My broom handle busted as I was sweeping the driveway, the "Heavy Duty" trash bags are less than heavy duty. So I have to buy the good stuff I guess.
Just so you all know, there is a down side to all this heat.....you sweat a lot, get prickers stuck to your legs because you are wearing shorts and need to drink water all the time! LOL :) No, really I feel so blessed to be sent here. God is good.
The van I am driving seems to have a loose motor mount. It shakes like crazy when you are going up hill and pushing the gas. Looks like they are going to need to get that fix. Pray for Leo and Angeles, they have been having lots or car issues. Pray that season in their life is over.
For lunch I went to Martins BBQ Chicken, Half a chicken and Plantanos for under $7, easily feeds 2 kids, maybe even two adults if your not super hungry, I brought some back home! And it is amazing!!! Ordered all by myself too :) Spanglish again but I'm learning. The lady behind the counter was yelling "Next in line" in Spanish...I completely ignored her...that is until she yelled it in English. LOL She was sweet, and you should of saw her face when I told her we just moved here. HAHA
I think that will be my go to food joint for a little.
I got back to Leo and Angeles house for dinner and their other daughter was here, she just flew in from California, and a friend was here too, oh and Angeles mom, Leo and their other two kinds. It was a full house. I love that!!!!
After dinner Leo and Angeles had to leave to go to a funeral. A member of their church passed away. I took an hour nap and then did some school work.
Over all it has been a busy, blessed day.
Please pray for my worries about a car and stuff to pass. I know God already has what we need, we just need to find it. I know I need not worry. But pray the worry stays out. I do not want to make a hasty decision just because we are in need. I need God to provide for us not us provide for us.
There still is no power or water at our house. Pray that we can get that turned on ASAP!!!
Christmas has started here already so there are literally parties all the time. Celebrations start the day after Thanksgiving until the middle of January. It basically is a two month party. Meaning, the people at these companies car more about the Christmas activities than work right now. Pray that God puts an urgency in their hearts for us.
Well, I guess that is all for the day. Thank you for the prayers and continued support.
Friday, December 5, 2014
Today's Adventure
Tonight post won't be long, just short and to the point. I'm still processing all God is doing.
I traveled around the island by myself today. It was an adventure. Missed a couple exits, made some u-turns, followed GPS just to find out that it took me out of the way to get to a spot I could have just turned right to. It was fun.
I dropped off some stuff and our house, stopped by some stores, missed lunch ( maybe because I was a little scared to order in Spanish, maybe) met with Pastor Efron from The CenterChurchPR in Dorado. He is an awesome guy and cannot wait to get to know him more.
They also had a matteress for us so as of right now we have 3 beds, 4 frames, a couch, and a love seat and I have not spent a dime!!!!
Came home and had dinner with Pastor Leo and Angeles, talked for hours with Pastor Leo and took a nice long walk with him too. That was time for him to talk and feed into my life. It was great!!!!
Tomorrow I will be sweeping the house and cleaning up our yard.
Going to the store in the morning to get some supplies and hopfully getting some school work done later.
It has been a long day, but a good day.
Now I'm gonna put on some Home Alone and fall asleep. Talk to tall later.
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Overwhelming day
Wow, what a day!
I arrived in San Juan at 1:25pm today. Our new home. Wow that is weird to say. So much happened today!!! But lets Start with Monday.
As of Monday we had planned on winterizing our home while we are here and no concrete place for our dog to go. We wanted so badly to bless someone with our home but the three people we offered it to could not use it for one reason or another. So we just put it out of our head.
We were at a friends house for dinner Monday night when Jennifer got a text. "I saw on your blog that you guys are leaving soon. What are you doing with you house?"
Jenn responded, "Winterizing it and letting it sit. Why, is there a need?"
Response, "Yes and immediate need!"
So, Tuesday we sat down at Sweet D's cafe in Hamilton, which I am going to miss dearly mind you, and heard her story. We could see the love of Jesus in her smile and her eyes.
The Lord said, "Let them stay in your house." So, we now are able to bless this mother and her two children with a home!!!!!! Praise God. On top of that, they are going to keep our dog at our house and watch her for us!!!! Praise God again!!!
So now to today!
It all started on the plane ride to Baltimore. God kept a seat and baggage spot open for me five rows from the front. I was almost the last on the plane. I sat next to a couple from Rockford, MI. We started talking and I was able to share my testimony with them and what God is doing in our life.
(Back up about 3 hours) I had forgotten to get cash out of ATM. Fast forward to plane ride.
So Dave, this the name of the brother sitting next to me says this, " I accidentally made my tithe check out for less than I wanted this week..." OK pause, when does that ever happen? Like never right. So he said this, " I want to give you the remainder of the amount I was planning on Giving." Crazy right?
Then a lady in front of us overheard us talking. (I sometimes talk loud in airplanes on purpose. If I'm gonna talk about Jesus on an airplane the whole plane might as well hear about him. ;) )She leans back and says, "Hey did I see you on TV talking about a walk to DC.?" Yup that was me.
"Did you say you wrote a book? Do you have a copy? I want one and I will buy it from you."
So I sold her a book too. So I got on a plane with $4 and walked of with $64. Who needs an ATM when you got Jesus? LOL
And that's only plane ride number one!
I wont go into all the details for plane ride number two but now that God had used someone to bless me, he decided to use me to bless someone else. Again I am right up front after being almost the last on the plane. I was reading my Bible and the lady across the isle said, "Is that your Bible?"
"I do not like plane rides, I'm not really a good flier, I see your Bible and know that you are a Christian, God sent you here for me because I feel at total peace now." What!!!! I was just sitting there reading my Bible and that brought her peace? Wow what power does the Word have that we don't even know about? Amazing.
So, Angeles picks me up and we went right to the Salvation Army to look for stuff for the house. We found a couple mattresses for $50 so tomorrow, Lord willing I am getting those. Then we went and looked at the house. WOW!!! God is good. We could not ask for anything better. A/C in every room, two bathtubs, (we jokingly asked God for those, he gave them to us). It is as close to perfect as you can get. It is such a cute place. I cannot wait for people to come visit.
Then, we get a couch, love seat and DVD player given to us!!!!
God is good!!!
More updates tomorrow.
So I'm off to sleep now. It has been a long day and it is a busy one tomorrow.
Please keep the prayers coming. I love you all.
I arrived in San Juan at 1:25pm today. Our new home. Wow that is weird to say. So much happened today!!! But lets Start with Monday.
As of Monday we had planned on winterizing our home while we are here and no concrete place for our dog to go. We wanted so badly to bless someone with our home but the three people we offered it to could not use it for one reason or another. So we just put it out of our head.
We were at a friends house for dinner Monday night when Jennifer got a text. "I saw on your blog that you guys are leaving soon. What are you doing with you house?"
Jenn responded, "Winterizing it and letting it sit. Why, is there a need?"
Response, "Yes and immediate need!"
So, Tuesday we sat down at Sweet D's cafe in Hamilton, which I am going to miss dearly mind you, and heard her story. We could see the love of Jesus in her smile and her eyes.
The Lord said, "Let them stay in your house." So, we now are able to bless this mother and her two children with a home!!!!!! Praise God. On top of that, they are going to keep our dog at our house and watch her for us!!!! Praise God again!!!
So now to today!
It all started on the plane ride to Baltimore. God kept a seat and baggage spot open for me five rows from the front. I was almost the last on the plane. I sat next to a couple from Rockford, MI. We started talking and I was able to share my testimony with them and what God is doing in our life.
(Back up about 3 hours) I had forgotten to get cash out of ATM. Fast forward to plane ride.
So Dave, this the name of the brother sitting next to me says this, " I accidentally made my tithe check out for less than I wanted this week..." OK pause, when does that ever happen? Like never right. So he said this, " I want to give you the remainder of the amount I was planning on Giving." Crazy right?
Then a lady in front of us overheard us talking. (I sometimes talk loud in airplanes on purpose. If I'm gonna talk about Jesus on an airplane the whole plane might as well hear about him. ;) )She leans back and says, "Hey did I see you on TV talking about a walk to DC.?" Yup that was me.
"Did you say you wrote a book? Do you have a copy? I want one and I will buy it from you."
So I sold her a book too. So I got on a plane with $4 and walked of with $64. Who needs an ATM when you got Jesus? LOL
And that's only plane ride number one!
I wont go into all the details for plane ride number two but now that God had used someone to bless me, he decided to use me to bless someone else. Again I am right up front after being almost the last on the plane. I was reading my Bible and the lady across the isle said, "Is that your Bible?"
"I do not like plane rides, I'm not really a good flier, I see your Bible and know that you are a Christian, God sent you here for me because I feel at total peace now." What!!!! I was just sitting there reading my Bible and that brought her peace? Wow what power does the Word have that we don't even know about? Amazing.
So, Angeles picks me up and we went right to the Salvation Army to look for stuff for the house. We found a couple mattresses for $50 so tomorrow, Lord willing I am getting those. Then we went and looked at the house. WOW!!! God is good. We could not ask for anything better. A/C in every room, two bathtubs, (we jokingly asked God for those, he gave them to us). It is as close to perfect as you can get. It is such a cute place. I cannot wait for people to come visit.
Then, we get a couch, love seat and DVD player given to us!!!!
God is good!!!
More updates tomorrow.
So I'm off to sleep now. It has been a long day and it is a busy one tomorrow.
Please keep the prayers coming. I love you all.
Monday, December 1, 2014
Because it is never Good Bye.
This past week has been full of dinner dates and fellowship with friends and family. We feel so loved by all of the invites for our family to come and spend evenings with your families as we say, "See you later." Because it is never good bye. We have experienced warm hugs, nights at the movies, game nights, hot tub talks, hot dinners, and lots of love from so many of you. As we prepare for this adventure, we are praying for God to bring us families just like yours for us to be blessed by and for us to bless.
So much of what we do lies in our relationships with others. Without those relationships with each of you and those we will meet, life seems somewhat pointless. I mean, how are we to share the love of Jesus without relationships like so many of you have shown to us?
Jesus prayed to God for unity in the body, for us to become one like Jesus is one with God. This is a call for relationships. For us to be one, for the purpose of Gods Glory, we must be in relationship with others. All of the relationships we have here mean the world to us and the kingdom.
On another note- Our house looks like a bomb went off inside. There is bags, clothing, and anything else you can think of everywhere! Trying to figure out what to bring when you only can take 2 -50lb pieces of luggage per person is harder than you may think. And you probably already think it is hard.
What pictures, wall decor, personal mementos, books, DVDs, clothing, sheets, pots, dishes and the list goes on, do we bring?
-We have found a home for our dog! Praise Jesus. Some great friends of ours said they would take her, and even just watch her for us if we can end up shipping her down at some point. What a blessing. Thanks guys, you know who you are.
We were blessed this past Sunday to be able to share our mission with Lake Shore House of Prayer. We always love going into that church and sharing what God is doing. They are so welcoming and loving. I thank God for them often.
We were also blessed to have some great friends pray for our family from Ridge Point Community Church Sunday afternoon. What a blessing to have their support too.
Well, that's is for now. The next time you see a post, it will probably be from Puerto Rico. Talk to ya later.
So much of what we do lies in our relationships with others. Without those relationships with each of you and those we will meet, life seems somewhat pointless. I mean, how are we to share the love of Jesus without relationships like so many of you have shown to us?
Jesus prayed to God for unity in the body, for us to become one like Jesus is one with God. This is a call for relationships. For us to be one, for the purpose of Gods Glory, we must be in relationship with others. All of the relationships we have here mean the world to us and the kingdom.
On another note- Our house looks like a bomb went off inside. There is bags, clothing, and anything else you can think of everywhere! Trying to figure out what to bring when you only can take 2 -50lb pieces of luggage per person is harder than you may think. And you probably already think it is hard.
What pictures, wall decor, personal mementos, books, DVDs, clothing, sheets, pots, dishes and the list goes on, do we bring?
-We have found a home for our dog! Praise Jesus. Some great friends of ours said they would take her, and even just watch her for us if we can end up shipping her down at some point. What a blessing. Thanks guys, you know who you are.
We were blessed this past Sunday to be able to share our mission with Lake Shore House of Prayer. We always love going into that church and sharing what God is doing. They are so welcoming and loving. I thank God for them often.
We were also blessed to have some great friends pray for our family from Ridge Point Community Church Sunday afternoon. What a blessing to have their support too.
Well, that's is for now. The next time you see a post, it will probably be from Puerto Rico. Talk to ya later.
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