Trip to the zoo in Decatur, IL

Highlights of the day included:
The alligators growling at us... that was awesome.
The playground, which was amazing.
And of course, the train ride.

Prayers and Things

Hey friends,
It's early monday morning and time for a few prayer requests for the week:)

**Corrie and the baby's continued health. Sonogram is WEDNESDAY afternoon.

**Some more work and safety in travel for Adam.

**Our small group as we wrap up our last few weeks of the normal school year. This summer we are going to do some outreaches and things, but not meet quite every weekend.

**Our church as we prepare to launch 2 more multi-site campuses in the next few months: Paxton and Bloomington.

**Our home in Ohio as we are very close to closing the sale.

**Finally, we should have some directional decisions for ministry by the end of this week. Pray for clarity and wisdom from both us and the church.


Thanks friends!

Worshipping Jesus for everything HE's doing right now...

...this has been an incredible couple of weeks. We had a really good trip to Ohio. We took the kids to the zoo, park and the pool while we were there. We got to visit with lots of our friends. It was very relaxing.

When we got home, I hit the ground running for work. Driving Saturday and then every day last week. I did almost 300 inspections in 7 days and also changed my brakes during the middle of the week (benefits of learning things while you are a poor pastor in Ohio...lol).

We had a tremenous baptism service on the 18th at church. Around 40 people were baptized during our 3 services. It was powerful and awesome. One of our small group members was in that group. God is so amazing!

We got to see Corrie's family this weekend, which was really nice. I took Zeke to the Illini spring football game and he got to see the tubas... man was he excited.

Finally, tonight I got to go to Paxton, IL for the first gathering of our possible next multi-site. Over 80 people showed up (60 adults plus kids). Wow!!!! That's a healthy small church already. It will be neat to see what God does over the next 6-9 months as they put together the formal ministry team, do outreach events, grow their small groups and canvas for services.

Finally x2, I have a tremendous small group and a wonderful family. I feel really blessed right now, but man is there a lot going on....lol. Can't wait to see what's next!