As I type this, I am sitting on my front porch watching a
storm roll in off Lake Erie. It’s amazing to watch the seasons change. All
winter I looked out the window to see only piles and piles of white snow. Now I
look out the window and am in disbelief of how fast our grass is growing.
As the weather seasons are changing it seems so are our life
and ministry seasons. When we first moved to Cleveland in August, it was a
season of newness-trying to adjust after so many changes. We thought-Lord did
we make the right decision leaving our comfortable lives in Louisville? Now I
can easily answer that question with a yes, but there were plenty of days that
I wasn’t sure.
Then came the winter when we thought how can we possibly
build relationships in this awful cold, but God was there too and allowed us to
build relationships with city officials and people that needed assistance
shoveling snow.
Now we’re coming up on summer, and we feel a bit overwhelmed
juggling lots of mission teams over the summer and thinking about the looming
question in the fall of if we should plant, semi-plant, or wait till next Spring.
The Lord was with us in these other seasons, and we know the Lord is with us
now.
Our trip down south went wonderfully! We were greatly
encouraged and loved on by the church we visited in South Carolina. We’re
excited to say they will be bringing a mission team to us this summer and then
we will further explore the possibilities of partnership.
We also got the opportunity to visit my parents in Alabama and
caught a few fish while we were at it! It was great seeing them.
After our trip we had a local mission team come help us
spruce up our local Rec Center Estabrook. We will be having several Arts and
Sports Camps at the Rec Center this summer, and it was a great opportunity to
continue building our relationships there.
Tomorrow (May 14th) our Community Garden opens!
Our Missional Community will be meeting there to plant literal seeds and
hopefully Gospel seeds as well! Please pray for us that we would have a great
evening of building relationships with fellow gardeners, and these
relationships would continue throughout the summer.
Saturday Old Brooklyn is sponsoring a street fair. We will
have a booth at this fair handing out fliers for upcoming camps we will be
holding this summer and free face painting. Please pray this would build great
momentum for our camps this summer, and we would be able to build relationships
with those in our area.
It’s going to be a busy summer, but we know the Lord is with
us and we are excited for what He has in store!
