CCDA

So in October we had the chance to go to the CCDA conference.  It was a wonderful week of learning.  Richard Twiss was my favorite speaker of the whole week, and I just found his presentation he gave at CCDA on YouTube.  Check it out, its long, but worth it. 

....It's been awhile...

So life got really busy, and blogging took a back seat.  Life has calmed down some, and I thought it was time to catch everyone up.

Christmas was great.  We were on our trimester break and I got to have some quality hang out time with these two cute dudes.  We had lots of fun, did a lot of baking, and hanging out.

After Christmas, I realized that we were about to start the new trimester, and had a whole lot of work to get done, in not a lot of time.  We had a great trimester launch and have had a wonderful first couple of weeks.  We have had quite a few new families arrive in the area recently and our Kids' Club numbers topped 50 for the first time since we sent the teens to Teens' Club.  It is a whole lot of fun, and such a blessing to get to love these kids every week.

Right after the launch of the trimester we found a new house to move in to.  If you haven't heard, the house we had been living in was in bad shape and the landlord wasn't willing to fix anything.  We had been looking for a good place, in the neighborhood, found one and less than a week later we were moved in.  It has already been such a blessing.  It is in a great location, right next door to some of our great friends, and on the same street as many others.  I'm excited to see how the Lord uses this house to bless others.

fear

I would have to say that when I first moved down to the neighborhood, the question I got most often was "Is it safe?"  


At first I would get frustrated, "Of course it's safe", I would say.  Would I really move down here if it wasn't safe?


As time has passed my response has changed.   Now more often than not I respond,  "We were never promised it would be safe."  


I wanted to share with you the lyrics to one of my favorite songs.  Aslan, by Kendall Payne.  It paints a great picture of who Christ is, and how he is nothing we would have ever expected.  

Don't stop your crying on my account

A frightening lion, no doubt

He's not safe, no he's not safe

Are you tempted now to run away?

The King above all Kings is coming down

But He won't say the words you wish that he would 

Oh, he don't do the deeds you know that He could

He won't think the thoughts you think He should

But He is good, He is good

I know you're thirsty, the water is free

But I should warn you, it costs everything

Well, He's not fair, no He's not fair

When He fixes what's beyond repair

And graces everyone that don't deserve

No one knows Him whom eyes never seen

No, I don't know Him but He knows me

He knows me, He knows me

Lay down your layers, shed off your skin

But without His incision, you can't enter in

He cuts deep, yeah He cuts deep

When the risk is great and the talk is cheap

But never leaves a wounded one behind

Sorry...

So it's been a while since I've had time to post. I hope to have some updates up within the next week. Sorry, life has been crazy. It's a good kind of crazy though.