Anniversaries

Yesterday was our 14th wedding anniversary. It was also the 2nd anniversary of our big move to Pittsburgh.

We look back and are amazed. Amazed that God has blessed us with two beautiful kids who are so much fun. Amazed that we have been able to be part of a great adventure, and that there have been very few dull moments on this journey. Amazed that we have been able to serve alongside some of the most incredible people in ministry. Amazed that God has blessed us with such loving family and friends.

As we get ready to start a new year, we are excited about where God is leading us. We have a sense of anticipation for the months ahead. We feel like God is getting ready to do something big: not just in our own personal lives, but in our children, our students, and throughout the nations as well.

Here are some of the things we are praying for in the new year: more students coming to know Christ, an opportunity to go work with simple churches overseas, spiritual growth in our kids as we teach them to study the Word inductively, more of our students being called into missions, and a deeper level of friendship and partnership in our marriage.

We also hope that we will be able to find a church home and a family of friends. We are praying that God will send more laborers to work with us in Pittsburgh. We pray that cooperation will continue, and relationships keep developing between the different Christian organizations on campus. And we are praying that God will give us direction concerning the church plant in Oakland.

A few years from now, we hope to be able to look back and thank God for answering many of these prayers. He has shown Himself to be so true, over and over again. We are reminded of a promise that we claimed when we first felt the call to PA, while we were trying to raise our financial support. "The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it." --1 Thess. 5:24

Praise be to God for His goodness.