Wow (i seem to start a lot of posts with “wow” these days…) it has, yet again, be awhile since I’ve posted. Jeff (“Hi, Jeff”) pointed that fact out to me today at our LTG. So, I confess, I have fallen off the blogging train. Hopefully I can get back on again.

We’re off tomorrow for Cincinnati for Sarah’s Grandmother’s memorial service and to visit with some family. It will be good to see folks, especially since it will be the only time they’ll see Sarah “great with child”. So much is happening it is hard to keep up with it all. Watched Two Towers tonight with friends at Fuller – good movie!! Double WOW! I never cease being so impressed by the vision and sheer storytelling prowess of Tolkien.

House Church is going well. Celebrated a bunch of August Birthdays this past Monday – especially Mary’s. Mary is 98 (yes 98!) and we met at her retirement home. She’s an awesome little lady with much spunk and vigor. What a blessing to know her.

Registered for Fall classes today. Auditing Emerging Church in the 21st Century with Eddie Gibbs – very excited.

So much is happening it is hard to keep up and to keep focused, but suffice to say – God is faithful and though these are crazy times of change and transition I feel confident that he will bring us through and provide along the way (and probably teach us a thing or two as well!).

Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

GREAT House Church tonight!! We had a good reflective, open-up and share where we are in life, kind of devotional. Next they surprised me with a birtday cake.

Then a good hot-seat experience (with Greg so graciously allowing us to ask him MANY questions – Thanks Greg!). We topped all that off with going to Boba World (all in ONE Honda Civic – see pic…. that’s Jeff on top, Matt underneath, Greg’s hand, and Elisabeth is buried somewhere below!) and talking about cartoons, video games, cell phones, and the like (oh, and watching Elisabeth try Boba for the first time – wish I’d caught a pic of that!).

We also got a good “week 26″ pic with Sarah (the pregnant one in pink- ain’t she cute!) – That’s Jeff, Elisabeth, Greg, and Matt posing with her. Click on the pic to see it larger.

Thanks everyone for being so open, honest, and (as a Elisabeth said) “real”! It’s exciting seeing how God is forming us as a community. I sense lots and lots of awesome God-guiding potential in our small church. It makes me sad to leave, yet I know that God is faithful and will provide church for us when we move. I look forward to hearing the wonderous works God has in store for this House Church……