Lost, But Holding Hands

so we've had our new roommate since sunday afternoon and it's now wesdnesday morning. a lot has happened since then. it's kind of amazing how much change can happen to a family so quickly. to say his impact on us has been big would be an understatement. he has changed the core of how we do business in our house. as kelly and i were talking last night and reflecting on the day, we realized that our anticipation and fears haven't really subsided all that much. first we were worried about juggling our lives to get our certification classes done. then it was the fear of getting all of our paperwork turned in--and the stress of missing documents or information lost in translation. as we waited through the spring our fears increased as weeks and weeks went by with no contact from the division. fear and doubt wormed its way further into our heads. of course, it was all for no good reason. we knew in our hearts that our God was faithful. we knew how the story would end. we kn...

/well, we survived our week at camp! it was everything we hoped it would be and more. as we packed for camp galilee , we didn't know exactly what to expect. lucky for us we were pleasantly surprised. we arrived sunday afternoon and met all the other adults we would be counseling with. some people we recognized, many we didn't. we've been members at grace  for a couple of years now, but have evaded much genuine connection to individuals outside of sunday mornings. that was about to change. awkward introductions led into an awkward dinner which connected to an awkward first night in our cabins with just our co-counselor and ourselves: the kids would arrive the following day. what had we gotten ourselves into? lucky for us, the last bit of remaining awkwardness evaporated the moment the kids got to camp. from the moment they arrived camp came alive . we had 15 elementary campers in grades 4-6. kelly had 6 girls and tyler had 9 boys. (jr and sr high was ...

[kell and i are lucky to belong to an awesome church family. we've belonged to grace united methodist for a couple of years now and have seen first hand how gracious and full of love a church can be. it would be impossible to list all the kind things we've witnessed church members do in the three or so years since we've been there. needless to say, grace is a great example of what it means to walk in the dust of christ. this week our youth is headed down to camp. each year we take our elementary, jr, and sr high kids to camp galilee in el dorado springs. the last couple of years we've been asked to go, but have always had commitments with our jobs that didn't let us go. it seemed like pd meetings or my graduate school always stood in our way. this year, though, the timing was perfect and we jumped at the chance to go. kell and i will be the counselors for the elementary boys and girls and we're excited to help our campers take a week out of their summer break ...