Dawn Got a New Car

My little sister is great! She wanted to move out and get her own place but then after about 3 hours of doing the math and then the math again she decided it was not going to work. So she went to option B: Buy a new Car. She has been planning on getting a new car for a while since her car is ready to bite the dust. She did her research and went to the dealers…got $3000 on her car as a trade in which is great for a ’97 accord. She bought a very cute and very Dawn, Orange Element Yea Dawn! This will be great for cake deliveries

Good bye 11.5 inches of hair

A simple trip to the salon did not end quite as planned. Ok let me explain Josh went to great clips to get his hair cut…the lady did not do the best job. So we went back later that week to get it fixed and since we were there I was going to get mine trimmed. So we get there and the manager takes Josh back and is working on his hair, the lady that was working on me was super nice. We chatted and she asked what I wanted and I explained I was just trimming it today since I was going to donated it once it was longer. She explained how much she would need in order for me to donate it today and I said ok let’s do it. That is not a typical me response. I think things through much more than that but hey it is just hair right? I think I made the girl nervous because she was worried about what Josh would think and if he would say it was ok. So I yelled across the room (no one else was there) and asked if he cared and of course he did not mind. The best part is… I like it

The Moore’s bought a house!!

 Yep it is true the Moore’s have bought a house. Not the one they thought they were going to buy but it all worked out. They had put an offer on a house, the sent out the inspector and the house was basically rotting from the outside in. Not a good thing when buying a home. So the withdrew their offer. They had the loan approve, so they put an offer on this other house that was asking a little higher than their offer. After a few days of going back and forth the guy accepted the offer and now they have a new house…well they don’t move in until September but they are home owners. It is hard sometimes to be really genuinely excited for someone when you really want what they have…I know it sounds like jealousy but I truly don’t think that is what it is. I think it is more the idea that we may never have a house and I often blame myself because of the student loans and the car payment. If we did not have these debts we could have a house and we would not have to live with his grandmother. But either way God has a plan for our lives rather that is to live with Granny or to have our own home, I will just have to wait and see. But we are blessed.

Asia Photos/letter

Dear Friends and Family,

Amanda and I have made it through the first year of marriage and are looking forward to the years to come. Throughout each of our high school and college years we both have been given many amazing opportunities to serve in the name of the gospel of Jesus Christ and for the advancement of God’s kingdom. Not that He ‘needs’ us, but rather calls us to serve and to go in obedience to His command. We are now at a point where we feel God is calling us to another special time of service and sacrifice this coming Christmas.

Amanda and I are currently a part of The Bridge Church in Oxford, Ohio, where I serve as one of the pastors on staff. This is our fourth year working at The Bridge. It has been a wonderful learning and growing experience for the both of us in our walk with the Lord and in our relationship with each other. We have a great desire to see college students and young people make a difference in the world by living beyond themselves for the sake of the gospel. This coming Christmas we are answering a call to lead a team of college students to East Asia to share the true Christmas story in an academic setting. The story of the birth of Jesus the Son of God, who came to save mankind from the penalty of our sins and eternal separation from a holy God by his sacrifice alone.

This is a decision that neither of us has taken lightly and with great humility we ask for your help in making this mission possible. The cost for both of us to go on this trip is $6,500. We know this is a lot of money, and praise God that he is greater than any dollar amount and will provide. Please pray for Amanda and I as we are raising support and have tightened our own monthly budget to invest in this trip as we feel we must sacrifice before asking for a sacrifice from you. Today we are asking that you would prayerfully consider supporting us in prayer, or in prayer and by donation. Your prayers are far more powerful than any amount of money, so please keep us in your prayers from the time you finish this letter until God has brought us back to the United States. Thank you so much for your generosity.

If you are lead to give financially please make checks payable to The Bridge Church and put “Parson East Asia” in the note and mail to:

                                                                        Josh & Amanda Parson

                                                                        718 Black Moat Place

                                                                        Miamisburg, OH 45342

In Christ alone,

Josh & Amanda Parson

Another Car...

bites the dust – Well yet again another car issue…this time Josh’s car it is lovely how everything tends to break or fall apart at the same time. We took Josh’s car in the other day because it make a wonderful noise and pulsates from time to time the new was not so wonderful. It pretty much needs a complete new motor. $1500-$2000 The car is worth about $4000 so we decided to put it up for sale. Anyone need a car? Honda Civic 1999 really nice! J Only $3000. So for now we sit and wait. God has blessed us throughout this time; Chad and Whitney have an extra car so we have been able to borrow it until we figure out what is going on with the civic.