As I usually do, let me start this blog with an apology. It is almost excrutiating for me, as legalistic and disciplined as people see me being, to actually committ and follow through with this weekly blogging. I owe it to so many people who have supported me to give the effort it takes to keep them informed. I am truly sorry, and am starting over with my attempt.

So, where to begin….again. Kari and I are still living with Keith and Kristine, Dave and Aaron, and the boys. We are soo thankful for the Lord’s provision of this house, and have learned and grown substantially as a result of being here. Our current prayer is that the Lord would allow us to continue to persevere in our financial battle, and become debt free as soon as possible. If it is His will, we would also like to begin saving AGRESSIVELY for a down payment, as the housing market looks like it will stay in our favor for some length of time. While we love our current living situation, we are very excited to host our own House Church, and have a space of our own to entertain, train, and make new friends while continuing to love on the ‘old’ ones.

A week ago tomorrow I had an accident at work, slicing almost completely off the tip of my left thumb…When chef said to put my heart and soul into my work, I must have misinterpreted him as saying my flesh too….oh well! I am fine, 7 stitches later, and am thankful for the extra day off last saturday that allowed me to finish ‘polishing’ my first “sermon” ever, which I was priveleged enough to get to present to the growing core development team of Epic Life Church this last sunday night, november 2. The Lord spoke, and it was AWESOME! I even got to use a Rome:TotalWar metaphor that even the ladies could understand and make use of (hopefully).

I am optimistically praying about and dreaming about the talks/plans/opporunity of the Create Cafe, which Keith and I have met and discussed a few times. This ministry would facilitate some awesome fellowship, employment, income, and a myriad of other events. Owned by the church, there would also hopefully be a lot of freedom to experiment and spend freely any profits on the advancement of the Kingdom, becuase there wouldn’t be greedy shareholders, partners, or even a struggling entrepeneur pinching every penny. Anyway, its a great idea, and I am stoked to be learning many many trade secrets that I may one day be called to put into practice for Jesus!

So, cut my finger-ok. Living with the carps-awesome. My wife-the best! Job-hanging in there. Church-fun, growing, challenging, exciting. That’s pretty much it for now. Thanks for reading!

 

jeff