Merry Christmas

I wanted to take just a moment and wish each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas.  I know that the hustle and bustle of Christmas can often be frustrating and stressful, but please take a moment at this most precious time of year to remember the Reason for the season.  Christ was born a babe in Bethlehem’s manger, not just to be a cute baby, but with a much greater purpose.  He was born to die.  He offered to us the greatest gift that mankind could ever be given, the gift of eternal life.  Let that peace dwell in your soul this year.  From my entire family, Merry Christmas.  Thank you for your prayers and support this past year.  We are excited and looking forward to greater things in the year ahead.

 

Tremendous Article

As a church planter with children, there are many choices and challenges that we face that others may never know about.  We want to serve the Lord with our whole hearts, but we also want what is best for our children.  Sometimes it may seem difficult to balance those two things.  Jason Janz is a church planter in Denver, CO that has recently faced such a decision.  He writes a great article about it that I thought I would share with you this morning.

 

Article Here

 

Snow and Praise

As we awoke this morning, we were quite surprised to look out the window and see the van covered in snow and to see snow still falling quite heavily.  Now, this would be an unusual thing if we were at home in Covington, GA, but we’re not.  We are in Covington, LA.  That’s right, it is snowing in south Louisiana.  Unbelievable.

We have spent the last few days in Covington, LA looking for a house to live in when we move.  While down here, we were also blessed to attend the Louisiana Independent Baptist Fellowship.  This was an incredible group of guys who were all very supportive of our plans.  I do believe that they will do all they can to help us.  We spent a good deal of Monday and Wednesday riding around town, looking at any available house we could find.  Praise the Lord, He sent us to one on Wednesday that wasn’t advertised and we loved it.  We were able to secure and are excited about having a house here now. The Lord is good.