Busy Month!

Our new church is keeping me plenty busy this month. This weekend they'll close the church doors as we head to a family camp for the weekend. It's about 45 minutes away at a place called Lost Canyon in Williams, AZ. I've been busy planning for our four worship services that will be happening over the course of the weekend. I went and visited the space a couple weeks ago... it's REALLY nice... should be fun!

The church is taken advantage of the weekend away to do some major construction in the sanctuary. They're turning the direction of the room to add more seating. I've been busy discussing and coordinating the new audio/video and lighting aspects of the room. I wish I had a little more experience in some of these areas so I can make more intelligent decisions. Some of it will just be my best guess of what I think will work. Hopefully it all comes together in time.

The two services are full now and they anticipate 100-150 more people showing up in a few weeks when NAU starts back up. That pretty much guarantees that we'll be adding a 3rd service Sunday evenings. I'll have to do my best to coordinate volunteers in a way that people don't get burned out.

In addition to all of that, we'll be doing an outdoor service downtown Flagstaff the last weekend of August. It should all be pretty fun and beneficial for the Kingdom, but there's a lot of preparation and coordinating on my part to put it all together. Once September hits, it should be a bit more consistent, with the exception of the 3rd service most likely being added. I still love every minute of it even through the slightly exhausting portions.

Sara's been looking for a part-time job and was offered two different positions yesterday. She likes them both and is trying to decide what makes more sense. One is a full-time assistant teaching position at a montessori school. She loves the environment there and all our kids would get to go there as well if she was teaching (pretty expensive if she doesn't work there). The only obvious downside is the full time hours. The other position is a part-time teaching position at a Christian pre-school. She would only work 3 days a week there and Aubri and Micah could be with her while Gavin goes to a different school. She's considering taking this one and still having Aubri and Gavin in the Montessori school. We know the montessori approach would be a good fit for Aubri, but we're not sure about Gavin. The other advantage of the pre-school job is that it's affiliated with a gymnastics school so all our kids could get free gymnastics if Sara worked there. Sara needs to make a decision by tomorrow so she doesn't leave them waiting for an answer for too long.

God continues to bless us in so many ways! We are so grateful! We keep on meeting such great people and see so much evidence of God at work in every direction we look. His ways are still a mystery to us, but we're doing our best to be available to be used for whatever He has for us to do. What an awesome privilege!