Another Update

Just a quick update for the two people who follow this (me and my wife). The church is now within two months of launching. This weekend there was an article in one of hte local newspapers. The following is a link that includes the article as well as a audio link. A lot has to be done still, but it is all coming together and has drawn a lot of attention. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/nov/22/if-you-hate-church/?entertainmentlifeentertainment#audio.
This week we are heading back to Virginia to visit family and friends for the holidays. There has been some snow up there, so hopefully, the roads won't be too bad. We are finally getting close to having our house unpacked (accept for the huge stack of boxes in the garage, but most of that goes in storage.
No new changes with work. I still start class in January and life will stop as I know it at that point. Lots of studying. Not too much more to update.

Two Months in the Future...

I haven't been on here in forever, so this will be a combo update/ random thought. First of all, we are in the house finally. We built our first fire and as you can see, the boys loved it. We also built a big fire in the backyard and later found out we needed a permit...oops! The house was empty for a while, but we now have furniture in all the rooms. Thank you Craig's List. Step one of a new house with two boys, get a fence. We had the fence builder on standby for our closing. In no time we had the back yard fenced in and the kids (and us) are loving it.

Next is the job. I start my schooling in January, and I am a little worried about it. It will not be easy, but I will give it all I can. Love the environment that I work in and the job itself. All things worth having take some work (except salvation which can't be had by work and is really the best thing to have, but you get the point).

That brings me to the next big thing. We are just over 2 months away from launching our new church on January 18th. It is getting incredibly exciting, but there is still lots to do. Which is to find the right worship leader, buy everything needed, and figure out how to do everything. Luckily for me, that pressure is all on the lead pastor, because I would go insane (we're praying for you Ryan). It is all coming to together, and God is going to do some great things with this church. Everyone should hurry up and move to Chattanooga and join the team. It's worth it, trust me.

Things have been pretty busy, but I am still loving Chattanooga. I'll try to do better at keeping things updated on here now that we are sort of settled in.