Weekly Rundown (4.25.2010)

• So glad, excited, & grateful to be back preaching for this week!! I missed Rock Bridge!


• Spent a lot of this week getting my head around all that is going on around here ... I'm pumped and looking forward to an exciting spring:
  
  
  
  • Advance team is currently on the ground in Haiti working to set-up opportunities for us to partner and minister there.
  
  
  • New series on relationships kicked off this week.
  
  
  • Spring Baptism is coming up (click here for details).
  
  
  • More opportunities for people to get connected in groups and ministry teams.
  
  
  • Joel Team is hard at work "strategizing" ways to improve our church and establish systems/practices for us to ministry more effectively.
  
  
  
  


• Beth & I are loving being parents!!  Every day has something new, challenging, and exciting.  Eyasu (3 years) has learned how to say, "I love you" (probably because we say it to him 1000 times a day) but he says it a little differently -- "I love boo." Still melts our hearts every time!
  
  
  
  • A few other words he has learned: motorcycle, "poo-poo", underwear, computer, television, more (as in he wants "more" food!), brush teeth, dog, book.
  
  
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    • Yes-we are getting to sleep!  Eyasu sleeps about 9 hours a night and Abreham sleeps anywhere from 4-6 hours straight depending on when and how much he last ate (he loves to eat).
    
    
    • No-the kids will not be coming to church yet.  They are doing great but we are trying to help them adjust to their new home, language, life, and culture.  They have lost their biological parents and all they have ever known.  They are doing well in their new home and seem to be loving being part of their new family; however, multiple sources of wisdom have consistently advised us to move slowly and keep things predictable, avoiding too much too soon.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Really excited about all that is happening at our campuses in Chatsworth & Calhoun.  The volunteers are amazing, the energy/vibe at those sites is strong, and we're excited to be sharing God's Word & love to more people in NW Georgia (2 Thess 3:1)


• Have a great week!