June is ...over!!! Gah!!!

So the tornado that is Discipleship Training School has been downgraded to a tropical storm...or something like that. Anyway, our lives are not quite back to normal, but at least that hurdle is behind us. DTS was really great. I really felt good about how things went, and as my big prayer for this summer has been that I "finish well" in my work as youth pastor at GFC, I can only say that I felt pretty good about that particular paragraph of this particular chapter of our lives.

We've spent this week packing up our apartment, and preparing for our vacation (starting Saturday), as well as getting things together for the local "mission trip" here in Mansfield that will take place Thursday and Friday. As you might gather, life is still pretty busy. In between it all we're trying to steal away for blessed moments with family and friends over coffee and good food.

Prayer Requests:

1. That the transition out of the youth ministry at GFC and into the English teacher role would go well.
2. That our marriage stays strong through all the stress of moving, new jobs, living with "the fam," and putting our whole life in boxes.
3. That we "click" with the rest of the new team (Jared, Randy, Denise, Adam (not me)) and the teachers already there.
4. That the youth of GFC connect well with the new youth pastor, Andrew, and he has all he needs to do this vital work.

Thanks so much for checking in on us. We'll try to update things more often as the summer goes on. - Adam and Hannah