It's been so longed since my last blog, I forgot how to do it! So where can I begin to catch up on our happenings? Well, much has happened in the past few months, but here are some highlights...
In mid April, God blessed me with a great full-time job at
Door to Door Organics located just 4 miles from our house in Louisville. I am a route manager and also do some relations work for them. I am very thankful for this provision of work and it's been a fantastic place to be the past 3 months. I am still employed with Rampart Fire and was actually recently dispatched to the CA fires, but turned down the assignment to baptize my son Aidan. I think that was a legitimate reason. Speaking of which...
This Saturday, I will have the honor to baptize my son, my best friend Greg Hoffman, and Greg's son, Keegan. I think I will be overwhelmed with emotion that day...can't wait.
A few months ago, I was able to connect with
Kate Hurley over coffee in Louisville. I've been listening to her music for years through Enter the Worship Circle. She lives just a few miles away, so I said "why don't you come do a concert in my house?" She surprisingly said yes and it was a huge success. Great time of worship and listening to her jam in my living room (she even stole my guitar and did the whole concert with it which was cool). Thanks Kate for a great night!
The kiddos are growing way too fast these days. Aidan tried biking without training wheels and off he went. No instruction, no struggles. Just hopped on and blew our minds. I've already taken him to a BMX trail where he ate dirt several times, cried his guts out, brushed himself off and said, "Dad, this is awesome!" Jonatha is now a 2nd grader and is killing it in Tae-Kwon Do. While Aidan takes a break from the rigorous training, Jonatha has been eating it all up and loving it. She will become a yellow belt in September.
Jan and I do have a prayer request. For the past year, we have been leading a house church in Broomfield through the
Emmaus Road Community and have been blessed through this process. I have in no way sought after anything other than continued volunteer ministry since being out here, but the leadership of Emmaus has asked me to consider becoming a part-time paid staff member with the fellowship to allow more time to devote to the work God is doing in our community. I struggle a bit with becoming vocational once again, as I truly love serving as a non-vocational pastor with the Broomfield house church. However, I've been asked to pray about it and feel I should be obedient to this request. The fellowship would like Jan and I to attend a church planting conference in Wisconsin in January, so it appears that will be on the plate (who goes to Wisconsin in January??). Anyway, please pray for wisdom for us. God has been working in our midst, despite limited hours of commitment. He has also been confirming through a large number of people that leading house church is a good fit for us. Who knows what he might have in store for our group if someone could devote more time? We'll see..
