Conference and Much More!

What to say about the last 2 ½ weeks....Well, I'll start with the Jones family visit! Sunday, September 30, we had Pastor Paul come up to preach for us. He brought his family (including Landon) and we had a blast! Tyler and Shaunna were also in town celebrating their anniversary so they joined us that morning. It was so wonderful to have all of them with us! Sunday morning Pastor Paul preached a powerful message out of Ephesians 2:19. He told us that if we’re going to have what the apostles had we need to have what Jesus left us. We need to have the confidence and the boldness of the Holy Ghost believing that God is going to do what He said He would do! (I John 5:14 – 15) We must remember our calling and remain committed! (Acts 2:43 – 47) That night he preached again from Jeremiah 29:11 – 13 about how there are no shortcuts to God or answered prayer. (Matthew 6:33) All in all we had a wonderful time! Food fellowship and great messages. Thank you Jones family for your encouragement and for all your help with our song services and sound system! :) It means a lot to us!
That following Monday was the first night of conference; I don’t quite know what to say about that first service cause I was in Sonshine Kids, but I’m sure it was awesome! We did have quite a night in nursery though. From throw-up to rebellious little “angels”! :) But that’s beside the point. The whole week was a wonderful time of encouragement and fellowship. Not too much sleep though, but that’s to be expected! The atmosphere was wonderful and you could feel the presence of God in the services. It seemed as though everybody was, as I heard many people say, really “On the Mark” this year. That friday night the youth continued the tradition of staying out all hours of the night, well, until 12 anyways. We ordered Dominos pizza (which IS the best) and we ate in the fellowship hall and then split up to play soccer and dodge ball. I don't know how the dodge ball went, but soccer was AWESOME!!! Soccer is always awesome though! Unfortunatley my team lost...but not by much! Only by three points which we could have easily made up for if we had like 10 more minutes! lol We all had fun though! It was all over too soon, but I made new friends, hopefully no enemies, and we will take what we heard with us into Denver. I hope the rest of you will do the same! Never let the vision grow cold and stagnant! It’s who we are and what we’re called to do. If God’s not in it, then we labor in vain. Stay encouraged and keep moving forward!

I just want to give a big THANK YOU to all the wonderful ladies in the office! Conference time can get pretty hectic for the office. Without you guys how would we stay organized?! Big thanks to the kitchen ladies who fed us and kept us from malnutrition! Conference malnutrition can be pretty ugly and may even lead to delirium! lol I've experienced it! A BIG THANK YOU goes to all our nursery workers and leaders for keeping the children those long 5 days! Much appreciated! And thanks to anyone I might have forgotten! Unfortunately I don’t have any pictures of conference; :( I was slacking there. Hopefully most of you were there, and if not I’d recommend getting some CD’s of the services. Well, until I post again, have a great day! :D