September 16th,2009

Howdy!
I apologize! We promised to be better about posting on our blog, and look at us now.
Sunday was this major event in our lives where we felt like God had been trying to pull us along, and finally we jumped on His treadmill and have been running with him ever since. We must give you a run down of how awesome Sunday was:
1. The kids ran the service, and the youth praise band wanted to teach us a new song called Jesus Save our Souls. Guess what our program in Africa is called...Save our Souls!
2. The youth pastor gave a passionate sermon of the difference we can make on a small and large scale. If American simply put the money they spent on Ice cream alone toward charity, then 134 kids in Africa could be fed for a year.
3. She spoke of boldness and being radical for God, not complacent. She asked a rhetorical question of "How many people can say they are living our of their comfort zone doing something radical God led them to?" For one of only a few times in my life, my heart and mind were shouting "WE ARE!"
4. The youth in church were given individual challenges to take on earlier in the year, ranging from memorizing an entire book in the bible, to serving a homeless shelter once a month. The youth wrote challenges for us. I took one and it read "Run a 5K raising money for World Vision Africa". How amazing for us! Two avid runners with a heart obviously for Africa!
5. After service a cute girl introduces herself and asks if we have children. I explain we are adopting and she says her friend adopted...from where? ETHIOPIA!
We are thrilled for what Gos is doing in our lives. We have always had a goal since we were dating, to uphold God's laws and will for our life, and now more than ever we feel we are in Him!
WHOOP!!!!