| Okay, okay. Enough nagging. We'll update. So, we are currently really excited about the new teen ministry we started last week. God made it unbelievably obvious to us that this was the direction He wanted us to go. We went from 3 teens regularly attending our church to 6 (doubled). Then we planned a teen activity and 12 teens showed up (doubled again). Then the teens from our church went crazy nuts continuing to invite their friends to every possible church function. I don't think it gets much more blatant than this. Also, we received word that one of the churches we contacted during our deptuation is going to begin supporting us in Jan. That is so encouraging! And, one of the families in our church was sensitive to the fact that we are separated from family during the holidays and invited us over for Thanksgiving. It meant so much just to be thought of. If you would, please pray for my (Heather's) grandparents. They were both in the emergency room this past weekend, and Hospice has been called in for my grandpa, who has Alzheimer's, ALS (Lou Gerig's Disease), and congestive heart failure. It is difficult to be so far removed from them during this time. We hope that you are all enjoying this holiday season, and listening to Christmas music 24/7, as we are! |
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| So we are preparing for a 5 day kids Bible club up here in Blackfoot this next week. Finding crafts to match the lesson is killing me. If our dog Tucker would stop dropping his drooly toy in my lap, it would be a huge help.
We had a neat opportunity to spend time with Trang, a lady from Vietnam who attends our church, this morning. She offered to help clean the church, and it was a really good way to get to know her better. She actually had the whole arranged marriage thing and seems to be okay with it. I can't imagine. I'm hoping to find some Vietnamese Christian literature to help her to be able to understand better.
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| Seems everybody else knew how to keep in touch and now we are jumping on the wagon. What can we say.
Howdy Y'all
Justin and Heather
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