we arrived to the hotel and when we opened the door to the hotel room, it was as if the music was playing in the background and i felt like a red carpet was being rolled out (mainly because it's my favorite color) to the end of the table where a gift basket FULL of goodies was waiting for us. and you know i love me some gift baskets full of goodies! it was from the avenue church.
crayons. t-shirts. fruit snacks. crackers. cookies. toys for the kids. coloring books. markers. and a sweet sweet card from all the staff at the avenue saying welcome.
well, it made us feel VERY welcome. i think i want to join that church for sure now...you had me at hello!
so that night, after we rolled the red carpet back up, we met at the church for dinner with all of the small group leaders as well as the deacons and their wives. the place was packed! jason shared our heart with them and why we feel god has called us to the avenue. it was great. i personally felt right at home. the people were just lovely and so welcoming. we couldn't wait until the next morning.
jason was going "in view of a call", which pretty much means that the personnel committee and staff has met with you and feel you are the man god wants for your church and they pick a weekend for you to go before the entire church for them to officially vote you into the church.
there are three services, so jason talked a little about his vision and heart again for a short time in each of the services. the kids and i showed up for the second and third services (well, they were in the children's area). again, we felt right at home and absolutely loved the worship AND the preaching (it was my first time to hear my future pastor preach....he's pretty darn good!).
i've said it before, but i'll say it again....i'm so proud of jason. i feel honored to be doing life with him. but i wanted to brag on him and say that he got a complete 100% unanimous vote (never has happened at the church before) from all three services. sooooooo, after we found that out, jason leaned over to me and whispered, "well.....ya wanna move to waxahachie?" ha! i guess so!
we are pumped.
we sold jason's truck yesterday. and bought a more economical one tonight. now we just need the house to sell.
thanks for your prayers. we'll keep you posted.
love!
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We are so excited for y'all! Praying for all the details to fall into place.
God is at work and He is never late or early! The house will sell! He has met every other need. we are so proud of you guys and blessed to call you "ours."
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