What’s new?

last I updated, we were in the midst of the Daniel Fast. we did make it through 10 days. The last few days were much rougher than the beginning. I had evening meetings several days in a row, so I had to think about packing breakfast, lunch & dinner to go. it was not easy. my love was so good to me and got up early one morning to cook a meal for me to take to work. he’s great.

a few other things going on lately:

• we’ve launched the Canton campus of Oak Leaf Church and are now meeting in the Old Ford Building downtown. Amanda is the volunteer kids director over there and she is doing a great job.
• hosted a great Open House at church for families with kids birth-12th grade. just like a family would attend an Open House at school, we had one for family ministry. we casted the vision for why we do what we do, gave the parents a calendar of important dates for the year and had some fun activities planned for all in the family to enjoy. first year doing it, we had 250 people come! great start to something we will make an annual event.
• Matt has begun travel season, meaning he is out on the road quite a bit. it’s not a fun time for either one of us as we love spending lots of time together, so we’d appreciate the prayers!
• i think we are finally finished with the wedding season for now. we have been to so many weddings in the last year, it has been ridiculous! i do love weddings, but it can get costly and i usually have to take time away from our Saturday night service at church. the plus side is a wedding means two things — cake and some kind of reunion with friends or family (or both!). it’s a great excuse to spend time with those we don’t see often.
• Mountain Day 2010 is coming!!! This is one of my favorite times of the year and one of my favorite traditions of my alma mater, Berry College. It’s an odd tradition, but we make it great with some amazing picnic food. I’m looking forward to some time with our Berry family.
• I finally finished Eat Pray Love. i really enjoyed it — mostly the Italy & Bali sections. still haven’t seen the movie though.
• I am finally getting myself and house organized and decluttered. It’s boiled down to scheduling the days I am cleaning out certain closets, giving myself a deadline. sad, i know, but it’s what has worked for me.

Well, there’s my update! I will hopefully have something more inspiring to blog about next time.