I know I'm not very good at keeping up with this blogging thing, I have the best of intentions but somehow I always get distracted and whenever I sit down to blog I can't remember what it was I was going to say :(
That being said we've been averaging between 15-18 for Sundays and Wednesdays which is awesome because the students are very excited and consistent! We had some extra week day activites the week of spring break and had good turnouts for both those events as well. We're looking forward to summer ministry opportunities and being able to reach students who have more "free time" during the summer months.
On April 15th we had our big fundraier for camp. Outback steakhouse brought food and cooked and our students served. We held a silent auction during the dinner as well featuring items that were donated by church members. The event earned the students around $2000 for their summer camp/mission trip and also give the church an opportunity to see Matthew and I work together as a couple and together with the students. We viewed the event as a success!
April 24th marked our 90th day at the church and what was the last day of our 90 day interim. We gave the personal committee a list of all of our expenses and asked them to make the job full-time and offer enough to meet our needs. On Wednesday evening we received a call with a counter-offer. While the committee didn't feel at this time they could pay quite what we asked they offered close enough to that amount that we knew God was calling us to full-time ministry at this church. There will be a business meeting on May 12th for the church to vote on the position so please pray everything goes smoothly at that meeting! May 6th marks the one year anniversary for Matthew loosing his full-time job and since then God has supplied EVERYTHING we've needed so we're continuing to trust Him!
Please pray for us this week as yesterday we were going to Macarthur Mall for a "family day" and our honda accord broke down. We believe it was the timing belt and it was towed to a shop and we're waiting to hear from them. Today while leaving church the power steering pump in my jeep wrangler broke and that had to be towed also :( Fortunately, my dad and Matthew were able to remove the old pump and should be getting a new one to install in the next few days. That leaves us with only Matthew's 2-seater honda until one of the other cars is fixed. We thank God that in both events we were in safe locations and getting tows was quick and easy. Please pray that the repairs are also quick and easy.
As God continues to provide for our family we are thankful. We are thankful for you as friends who bathe us in prayers and we are looking forward to the things God is doing at Fox Hill Road Baptist. On may 22nd we have a spring fest which is a huge outreach event and we are hoping to be able to make contacts with many families and youth through that event. Please start praying now that God will use us and our church to reach that community for Him.
Thank you for continuing to pray for us, until next time!
Sunday, April 25, 2010
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