Another Flat

IF you remember ‘Please not another car issue I don’t think I can take anymore.’ From a prior month well guess what here comes another. Thankfully I left Sunday night to head to Dayton. About a half hour from the house my tire goes flat…different tire. JP came to my rescue!! He fixed my tire and sent me on my way. Not too stressful!

Catch a Moment

Wow it seem like forever since i have had a moment to sit and think or reflect. And it really has been a long time. God is amazing truley amazing Josh and i have been married for a full year crazy right. Our lives have been turned and flipped in so many ways this past year. I know they say that the first year of marriage is the hardest, well i never expected so much. In february i got a new job working for the State of Ohio!! Great new except the job was/is 2.5 hours from our home in OX I knew that i would not be able to drive that each day but i felt God had opened this door and I needed to take the job. My parents live near the job site so i would drive to Col Sunday night and say with them and head home on the weekends. after 5 weeks of the 'weekend wife' we got a break 'spring break that is...it is really hard going from seeing your husband 3 out of 7 days to seeing him everyday but that was it i could only see him, we could talk but it was not real life. So many other obligations and duties were priority. After spring break our schedule shifted a bit i would be driving home on wednesdays too. I figure 4 out of 7 is pretty good right. Well that is until leadership meetings and everything else needed to be on wednesdays. Life was hard and it still is. God has blessed me with a carpool that leaves from dayton. so for now i drive in on Mon out on Wed in on Thur and out on Fri and thats my schedule. We are planning on moving soon. In some ways i am thrilled and so ready in others i know the struggle that it is going to cause. I want to see my husband and in that selfishness i am causing him more work and less time with those who he serves and loves, the students.

Moving Forward

This past Sunday the church affirmed our new Elders: Rich Cotton and Rick Stone and our new Foundation Team, consisting of: Matt Beach, Ricky Cotton, Mallory Evans, Alyse Eversole, Lee Jones, Adam Leach, Katie McCain, Marla Nafziger, and Kristen Nelson. Each has shown a heart for the church and for serving. They have committed to serve the church throughout the remainder of their time her in Oxford. We are excited to see how God will continue to reveal himself as we enter this new stage of ministry. Please be in prayer for each of the Elders and Foundation Team. Pray that over the summer they will continue to grow and stay focused.

o Looking ahead the summer is approaching rapidly and the staff is working on VBS and Backyard Bible School, Planning for Camps and retreats. Please pray for the plans as they are being made that God will be glorified in each aspect of this summer and the coming fall.