First Post on the New Blog

Many people have asked how our move went. Well we made it, and we are making it. All I have to say is our life is an adventure. We arrived in town on Friday the 27th of August. I started at Real Life on Saturday morning with CPR training! Sunday was a big surprise, coming from a church of about 50 people we walked straight into the lobby of a church with over 900 in attendance. Actually before the 900 people arrived we were there at 7 a.m. with a crew of about 50 setting up the building that the church rents out for Sunday service. The service was great. Aaron talked about how we as Christians are meant not only to be disciples of Jesus, but we are meant to make disciples as well. To sum it up, he was saying church is not a spectator sport.

I found out Monday that I would be in charge of the Corn Maze the church is holding this year. I asked Aaron what was done, he replied "the corn is cut, the rest is up to you." before I got too overwhelmed he gave me a lesson about how work is done at RLM. He said "This is a huge project, and you are going to have to use the team to make it happen." I have been working with the team for more than two weeks now and I love working with other people. It may take more time in the short run, but in the long run I believe collaboration is more effective. A philosophy Real Life has is that a win for an the individual is a loss for the team.

I have a bunch to say about the corn maze, but I will wait until other posts. The biggest thing happening in my life and in the church right now is a week long fast. Today is day 4, and the fast will break on Saturday night. This fast is a not just for the staff, but for the entire church. The better part of 900 people on the Palouse are praying for guidance and direction from God and are giving up something in their lives that has distracted them from God. The church has a blog they are keeping for the week for people from the church to post what they are hearing from God (http://rlotpfast.blogspot.com/)

Pray for the Kingdom and for Bri and I. We are mighty hungry and looking forward to Saturday Night.

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