Our Apartment (our home...)

 view from our room...
 our bedroom
 bedroom again
 our California King Size Bed (it's so comfortable)
 the stairs...
 our small kitchen
 dining room
 living room (best couch in the world)
 small bathroom
 view from the door

We have been so blessed, because our last place was smaller than this (can you believe that we got all this stuff in our last apartment?!). We prayed that this apartment would open up, and in God's perfect timing...it did! Thank-you Lord! We don't have a house yet, but that will come in time. But until then, this is our little cozy apartment, which is full of people all the time. We have the youth over quite often! 

Game Phase @ Jhan & Raychel's House!!!

 X Box Phase before Game Phase begins...

Jhan and I are the youth leaders at our church, and we are absolutely loving it! We decided to invite some of the youth kids over for the afternoon (before youth group that night) We had a blast! We played a series of games (which we named, Game Phase) that lead up to a challenge game. To end it we enjoyed chocolate dipped ice cream cones, tons of food, tons of pThe youth asked us if we could do this every Sunday! Look at these pics.

 Spoons Phase #1...

Phase #2 (Phase 10 game) 

 Attacked by a spoon...or a person...watch the video.

Check our Web Site out at least once a month....

Please check out our web site at least once a month...we promise that there will be updates and new pictures as much as possible. Thank-You for visiting our updated website (which also serves as our monthly newsletter!)

Love,

Raychel & Jhan Gear

Last Year...2007

Oh the Joy of when two lives come together! Well, last year on July 10th, 2007, Jhan and I got married. After a long 18 months of being engaged, God did a lot in our own personal lives, and prepared us for the wonderful marriage that He had in store for us!

Jhan and I absolutely love being married to each other, and are so blessed to have such a Godly marriage. We make sure that God is ALWAYS in the center of our marriage. Since we've been married, we have had the awesome opportunity to go to two marriage conferences...which we recommend to every married couple that wants to get away together, and learn how to strengthen and encourage your spouse to get closer to God as you share your hearts with each other!

We went to a Weekend To Remember conference (put on by Family Life Ministries). Throughout the course of this weekend, you are able to learn the Godly way of having a GREAT Marriage! At the end of the conference, you get to renew your vows with your spouse. That moment was very powerful for us! We loved it! You can locate this conference for your area through the web site: http://www.weekendtoremember.com/

Our second opportunity to go to a marriage conference was the Love & Respect conference. This one was our favorite conference. We learned so many different aspects of Loving your Spouse as well as Respecting your spouse, no matter if the other person is doing their part. To make that conscious choice every day is a challenge for all of us, but if we do it, God will definately bless it, and make marriages stronger and more amazing! You can locate this conference for your area through the web site: http://www.loveandrespect.com/

We have such a heart to make it a priority that we make God #1 in our marriage, and share His heart about marriage with others...

Our Amazing Families!

The Gear Gang...This is "some" of our Gear-side family! They're amazing, and we love spending time with them when the chance comes! Some of them are full time missionaries with their spouses, and the rest of them live here in Indiana, but are involved in Churches and other things!

This is "some" of the Lang-side of our family. They live in Northern California, and we only get to see them once a year, but when we do, we love to spend time with them. They are all amazing, and we love them. They're quite busy with their own families, and serving God in every way that they can!

Jhan and I are so blessed to have such a HUGE family. Each family member is unique, and lives the example of Christ!