This last weekend we went up to our home church in Delphi for a Sunday, since
Erick doesn't have to preach anymore since he resigned. We drove up Saturday and
came back late Sunday night. We really enjoyed ourselves. We stayed with my
family, since Erick's family still isn't speaking to us. We had actually planned
on having a family meeting but his dad told us he didn't want us on our property
so we had to cancel that. But at least my family still gets along well, better
than ever, actually, since several months ago we finally made up over some hurts
that took place years and years ago. If you don't talk about things, they just
stay in there and fester for years and never really heal.
On Sunday
morning we went to church and we enjoyed so much just worshiping God and getting
fed and not having to do anything for once. We've always loved the music and the
preaching in that church. We also went to visit some of Erick's siblings (the
ones that are talking to us) and saw the newest baby in the family. She is so
cute. We hadn't seen their new house they had bought yet. They've fixed it up
and decorated it and it looks nice.
We also got to meet with our pastor
and discuss what we feel we're going to do next. We are going to be working with
an church in the next town, not on staff, but just helping them with skateboard
ministry at least through the summer. We are going to buy the house and if we
move on after that, we'll rent it out. It'll be a nice supplementary source of
income. There is another church within driving distance from where we are going
to be living that needs a pastor that we might consider, but it's in pretty bad
shape. They have a nice building, but they are down to four members. It might be
better if that church shut down for awhile and then reopened with a new name.
So we're excited over what God is doing next--we don't really know what
that might be, but as long as He is leading us we know it's good. We've learned
a lot over the last year here and we won't let that education go to waste. :)
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