What a winter we are having! I think everyone on the east
coast has gotten their fair share of wintery weather. Even my poor parents in Georgia have gotten hit twice with
massive snow and ice….well massive snow and ice for the south. The picture below sums up our life in Cleveland these days
haha!
On the upside, this never ending snow has given us several
opportunities to meet our neighbors and lend a helping hand shoveling them out
of their driveways. With the help of our Missional Community we have helped
over 8 different people in need whether elderly or disabled get out of their
driveway. We have already been able to follow up with several of these people
and hope to continue these relationships!
Speaking of neighbors, we were able to throw a Super Bowl
Party for some of our friends and neighbors several weeks ago.
We had a full house of 22 which was a good thing! We needed
to be distracted from that awful game! Peyton Manning’s normal Omaha was sadly
more like Omanot!
Our original plan was to have a Pre Super Bowl Party for our
neighbors at 4:30 and start a Super Bowl party for our friends at 5:30. Well
4:30 came and went and no one showed. We were bummed-but thought hey maybe the
Lord knew we could use an hour to breathe before everyone came over.
Then wouldn’t you know it a few of our neighbors came the
same time all of our friends were arriving at 5:30. This did mean we had quite
a full house-but I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way!
Some exciting things on the horizon! We will be having
several mission teams in the Cleveland area over the summer. One of which will
be holding a large Arts and Crafts Camp in our neighborhood. Please be praying
that great relationships would be built this summer through teams such as this
one.
Also Tony met at one of the local high schools in our area
for possible future meeting space and it went wonderfully. The space seems
ideal and they are excited by the thought of us using the space. We are by no
means ready to meet there now- but we’re excited by thought of it as an option.
Please pray for us as we continue to build our core
team…especially in the search of a worship leader and as we build relationships
with those in our community and share the good news of the gospel with them!
Thanks as always for your support!
