It was quite muddy!!
Jane and her new bike!
Luke and his new bike!
A great trail that runs right along a river
Check out our new update below...
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
The Bike Ride
It was quite muddy!! Jane and her new bike!Luke and his new bike!
A great trail that runs right along a river Check out our new update below...
We are Thankful...
Hello again! I'm sure all of you have been anticipating our next update and I know it's been a while so here it goes…
First of all, thank you to everyone who was praying for Jane and her job search. The Lord has once again shown us how faithful He is,especially when we trust Him and His timing. Jane is now an employee of Ambassadors in Sport! We are both very excited about this, andwe're seeing more and more how perfect of a fit it is for oursituation. It provides a more flexible schedule and gives Jane the opportunity to pursue her music and work with Luke in the area of his ministry. Jane's official title is Human Resources Coordinator. She is an assistant to the Member Care director and her job is basicallyworking with all the "members" of AIS. She is very excited aboutthis, as she will be working with missionaries all across the globe atthe different national offices including Czech Republic, South Africa,Kenya, England, and Australia. This is a part-time job so Jane will be maintaining a part time job for her dad as well.
On another exciting note, Ginny Owens is performing a Christmas Concert at our church in a couple weeks. Our church choir isperforming 3 songs at the concert as well and Jane has been asked tobe the soloist for all three songs. She is very excited to startsinging and performing again, which she hasn't been able to do sinceshe left Colorado. Luke has settled into his job and is staying very busy. He is in middle of working on partnering the local churches all over Clevelandwith the City Stars team. The churches will partner with our team by doing church day camps with the pro players and participating in "church nights" at some of the Stars home matches where some players and coaches will share and give theirtestimonies after the games. Luke is very excited about working withdifferent churches around the area and learning a lot about businessmeetings and the inner workings of the church.
We were able to go down to Texas for Thanksgiving, which was a realtreat! All week prior to going to Texas we were hearing reports of sunshine and temps in the 70s and 80s, which we were pumped aboutcause it's just been rainy and cold here. So we fly into San Antonioonly to find out that the weather followed us. It wasn't quite ascold but it was rainy. Nevertheless, we had a blast! The food waswonderful, especially the fried turkey which was expertly prepared by Chef Peter, Chef Luke, and Chef Cody! It was fun to see the familyand hang out with them for the first time as a married couple. We are so thankful for both our families! God has blessed us tremendously with two loving and very supportive families.
We hope you like the pictures of our biking exploration of one of the many hike/bike trails around our house!
Blessings to all and thank you so much for your prayers and support!
First of all, thank you to everyone who was praying for Jane and her job search. The Lord has once again shown us how faithful He is,especially when we trust Him and His timing. Jane is now an employee of Ambassadors in Sport! We are both very excited about this, andwe're seeing more and more how perfect of a fit it is for oursituation. It provides a more flexible schedule and gives Jane the opportunity to pursue her music and work with Luke in the area of his ministry. Jane's official title is Human Resources Coordinator. She is an assistant to the Member Care director and her job is basicallyworking with all the "members" of AIS. She is very excited aboutthis, as she will be working with missionaries all across the globe atthe different national offices including Czech Republic, South Africa,Kenya, England, and Australia. This is a part-time job so Jane will be maintaining a part time job for her dad as well.
On another exciting note, Ginny Owens is performing a Christmas Concert at our church in a couple weeks. Our church choir isperforming 3 songs at the concert as well and Jane has been asked tobe the soloist for all three songs. She is very excited to startsinging and performing again, which she hasn't been able to do sinceshe left Colorado. Luke has settled into his job and is staying very busy. He is in middle of working on partnering the local churches all over Clevelandwith the City Stars team. The churches will partner with our team by doing church day camps with the pro players and participating in "church nights" at some of the Stars home matches where some players and coaches will share and give theirtestimonies after the games. Luke is very excited about working withdifferent churches around the area and learning a lot about businessmeetings and the inner workings of the church.
We were able to go down to Texas for Thanksgiving, which was a realtreat! All week prior to going to Texas we were hearing reports of sunshine and temps in the 70s and 80s, which we were pumped aboutcause it's just been rainy and cold here. So we fly into San Antonioonly to find out that the weather followed us. It wasn't quite ascold but it was rainy. Nevertheless, we had a blast! The food waswonderful, especially the fried turkey which was expertly prepared by Chef Peter, Chef Luke, and Chef Cody! It was fun to see the familyand hang out with them for the first time as a married couple. We are so thankful for both our families! God has blessed us tremendously with two loving and very supportive families.
We hope you like the pictures of our biking exploration of one of the many hike/bike trails around our house!
Blessings to all and thank you so much for your prayers and support!
Thursday, October 25, 2007
The Beginning
Hello from Aurora, OH! We've unpacked every box but are still in the process of hanging things on the walls. Our apartment is beginning to feel more and more like home. The fall has been absolutely beautiful in Ohio. We've never seen color like this before. :) Luke and I get out as much as we can to either play a game of tennis or ride our bikes. We better enjoy this as much as possible 'cause we heard it suppose to snow soon...
Luke is becoming more acquainted with his job and is enjoying it more and more. He has some incredible opportunities for outreach. Right now his jobs consist of creating/overseeing a website for PSM (Pro Soccer Ministries), being the "player liaison" for the soccer missionaries overseas, and developing two outreach programs, one through churches around the city and the other with the inner-city kids of Cleveland. These two outreach programs are in association with the pro team the City Stars. Even though these outreach opportunities are in the beginning stages, they are none the less promising and very exciting. On the side, Luke is the assistant coach of a U-12 girls team. He is loving this as well.
I am primarily working part time as a nanny for a family with 4 kids. They are a great family and I am very blessed to be able to hang out with the kids. Including being the "adult" around the house, my jobs includes literally driving them around everywhere from piano lessons, to Burger King, to football practice. I am also job searching right now, which, anyone can attest to, can sometimes be monotonous and discouraging. However, through this and many other things, God has really been teaching Luke and I to become more dependent upon Him for our jobs and life. It seems like learning dependence upon Christ has been the theme for Luke and I thus far. And one thing that has been so encouraging for us to learn and remember is that "He [will] work in us what is pleasing to Him" - Heb 13:21. What a relief to know that not only does God give us the passion to please Him, but He gives us the tools to do so as well. He Himself will bring about what He wants from us - what an amazing God we serve.
We are getting more "plugged in" to the community here. We are so thankful for the people here working for AIS. We are blessed to see and be a part of the passion everyone has to reach others for the Kingdom. The relationships we have already formed have richly blessed us, and we are so excited to get to know them more as time goes on. Thanks for your prayers and support. God Bless!
Luke is becoming more acquainted with his job and is enjoying it more and more. He has some incredible opportunities for outreach. Right now his jobs consist of creating/overseeing a website for PSM (Pro Soccer Ministries), being the "player liaison" for the soccer missionaries overseas, and developing two outreach programs, one through churches around the city and the other with the inner-city kids of Cleveland. These two outreach programs are in association with the pro team the City Stars. Even though these outreach opportunities are in the beginning stages, they are none the less promising and very exciting. On the side, Luke is the assistant coach of a U-12 girls team. He is loving this as well.
I am primarily working part time as a nanny for a family with 4 kids. They are a great family and I am very blessed to be able to hang out with the kids. Including being the "adult" around the house, my jobs includes literally driving them around everywhere from piano lessons, to Burger King, to football practice. I am also job searching right now, which, anyone can attest to, can sometimes be monotonous and discouraging. However, through this and many other things, God has really been teaching Luke and I to become more dependent upon Him for our jobs and life. It seems like learning dependence upon Christ has been the theme for Luke and I thus far. And one thing that has been so encouraging for us to learn and remember is that "He [will] work in us what is pleasing to Him" - Heb 13:21. What a relief to know that not only does God give us the passion to please Him, but He gives us the tools to do so as well. He Himself will bring about what He wants from us - what an amazing God we serve.
We are getting more "plugged in" to the community here. We are so thankful for the people here working for AIS. We are blessed to see and be a part of the passion everyone has to reach others for the Kingdom. The relationships we have already formed have richly blessed us, and we are so excited to get to know them more as time goes on. Thanks for your prayers and support. God Bless!
Thursday, October 4, 2007
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