Well as usual it has been crazy around here! We don't slow down much. Haha. We moved April 1 so that was a busy start to the spring! I guess instead of spring cleaning we decided spring moving would be more effective. Thankfully we have a little more space now and so we won't need to move again any time soon!
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| Packing...I was sure glad when it was over |
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| Josh - the solution to stressful moving! |
The second week of April, Josh turned 23 and we adopted Maggie. We are so excited to have added a dog to the family! She is pretty entertaining and fairly calm...except around birds and squirrels. I guess she just loves to chase things. But we are excited to have her around and she is a great way to meet new people too. We live in a dog friendly are and so our street seems to be pretty social. Lots of dog walking going on!
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| Maggie Forrest! :-) |
Josh is almost finished with classes for the semester (exams are next week), so we are gearing up for summer now. I've been busy at work getting ready for all the summer student ministry, and Josh has been getting ready for the transition with FishStix for the summer too. FishStix is getting a new pastor this summer so we are excited to have Ryan and his wife, Jordyn, coming in June! The current 5/6 pastor is transitioning into the college ministry.
One really fun part of our ministry with FishStix this spring has been University Little League. We have had a blast going to baseball games and cheering on the boys and getting to know their families. We have a lot of kids in our church that are involved in ULL so it's always great to go hang out with them and encourage them and their parents. And as always, when we go to encourage others we leave very encouraged ourselves!
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| One of our many talented pitchers from FishStix |
In our spare time, we always find random fun things to do around Fort Worth. We've made it a point to keep "dating" since we got married so that gives us an excuse to do a lot of cool things. Here's a couple of our favorites. We went and saw Josh Turner in concert. He is my absolute favorite artist and I was smiling ear-to-ear the whole time! It was awesome! And Josh was so sweet and got up early to get us amazing seats! Another fun date was going to see the Rangers play. We are both quickly becoming fans and so it was really exciting to get a good deal on seats and be able to go! (Although we were really far up so foul balls were completely out of the question. Haha)
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| Josh Turner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| The ear-to-ear grin at the concert |
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| A gospel choir singing the National Anthem at the Rangers game. |
Well that's about all for now. We will be headed back to visit SC at the end of May so we are getting excited about a trip home! Can't wait to have more to tell you about soon. Thanks for continuing to pray for us. Remember Josh as he is finishing classes next week and for the summer classes he will be taking starting in June. Also be praying for FishStix in this summer's transition of leadership. We are praying hard that this will be a smooth transition and that Ryan will bring about great changes and that Ben will be really effective in the college ministry. We are praying that this change really helps these kids to understand what a Christian is like and how God can use them if they are willing to accept Him. Thanks for keeping up with us!
