Too many things to write about....so instead of writing a novel, I'll try to make this short...

• Marriage - is good! Lately, Luke started back to school for his LAST semester!! Woohoo! That means that (at least until he decides to go through the doctorate program) no more school in this household. And that means soon children can be added to the equation. That is a scary and exciting thought all at the same time!
• Work - has been a roller coaster. I am pretty sure I'm going to be switching my job to working at our next satellite location in Toledo. If it goes through, I'll be working in the kids' ministry...probably both elementary AND preschool stuff because they can't hire too many people. The building is going to be 4 minutes from our house! That's amazing. I don't think I've ever been that close to my place of employment before!
• Work Part 2 - We are in the middle of a HUGE office shuffle right now at the Perrysburg campus. Our Whitehouse staff just moved back and we need to move around so there's room for everyone. The Family Ministries staff was thus exiled to a classroom outside of the office space. There was a lot of drama surrounding our first paint colors, but now it's semi-normal. The space is being shared by myself, Andy Fortney (the guy I work with in KidVentures), Lauren Snyder (WeeVentures), Sam Melden (Jr High) and Sarah Arquette (admin for KV). However, also frequently joining us has been Ben Snyder (High School) and Steve Whitlow (random jobs in the church). It is a mad house at times. Especially because we don't use desks, we just share a conference table since we all work from laptops. I'm going to have to invest in a nice pair of headphones so I can actually concentrate.
• Work Part 3 - This summer we challenged the kids to invite their friends and keep our numbers UP instead of going down. A few weeks ago, they came really close to their goal #, so they got what we called Summer Slam. Basically it meant Andy and I got slammed with a bunch of gross stuff. Pictures can be viewed at my facebook. That's pretty much the site I use most of the time now.
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• Daisy - is still cute and tiny! She weighs a whopping 3.4 pounds full grown! If you're interested in pictures, you can visit my facebook. But, here's one to entice you!
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• What's God been teaching me? - Well, this summer has been a little crazy. I ran VBS and it was super challenging. I was basically forced to dive into a major leadership role. I haven't really been the main leader of anything in a long time. Because of that, I doubted myself a TON. I know it's not warranted, but I had convinced myself that I wasn't a leader and that VBS would probably fail. The day before VBS was to begin, it's like God had been screaming for my attention and I finally listened.  He told me that I needed to stop doubting myself. And even if I couldn't get myself to believe I CAN lead, I needed to give it all to Him. That this ministry and week long even was HIS, not mine. And that, for good or for bad, I was doing it for Him. Needless to say, VBS went extremely well. The kids enjoyed themselves and we heard tons of compliments. It was like God said "See? I did create you to lead!" Shortly after, I went to Michindoh to help lead worship for Jr. High camp. Funny, because all the message were written for J-hi students. The music was picked for the students. The week was designed for them. But, I felt like the week spoke directly to me! God was still trying to get my attention and get me to put my priorities in order. To remember what it was like to live life willing to take risks for God. To be uncomfortable if that's what it takes to follow God where He leads.
• So how has this changed my life lately? - Well, it all led me to take a step of faith and follow where I believed God to be calling me. To offer myself and my job to the Toledo site. It's all a bit scary, and will definitely bring challenges along with it, but I really feel like this is where God wants me. In a place of uncertainty with my job description, but certain that God is in control. And that I am simply His servant!
• House - After all that heavy stuff!! Our house is in organization, cleaning mode this week. I have spent the past couple days getting one room at a time into the shape I want it to be. Cleaned out, organized, decorated. There are a bunch of KV volunteers coming over next week, which has me motivated to get my house in ship-shape! Tiring, but rewarding.

I guess that's all for tonight. Hopefully, I'll update more often so that my posts aren't this long all the time!