"See, he really loves his daddy!"
Our Dearest Family & Friends! We are so excited to see what God has for us this New Year! There has been a lot of changes to our life since last year, but it's all good stuff!
Jeremiah Michael is growing so fast, and is such a joy to Jhan and I! He is so happy almost all the time. Upon waking up, he has a smile on his face! He sure loves his Daddy, though. Well, Mommy has a special place in His heart too. Jeremiah is almost 3 months old already.
We are going to visit my family, and many of our friends in February in California! We look forward to spending time with our family and our friends for two weeks!
Our youth ministry is growing. We now have a student leadership team. This leadership team challenges some of our students (that we have chosen for the team) to share God with others, and to grow personally with their relationships with God. We give them responsibilities and challenges every time we meet. They are all awesome! We spent some time reorganizing our youth room, and after getting approval, we turned a guest bedroom in the youth room into our new Youth Ministry Office! We are so excited! The kids reorganized, moved furniture, painted verses on the wall, and got their shadows traced on the wall and we painted it! The office isn't up and running yet, but we have more work to do. Jhan has such a huge heart for the youth! I am so proud of him. I try and help him as much as I can, but in the mean time, I take care of Jeremiah, whom is now established in the youth group. The kids love him, and like to call him theirs! God is so good. During our Extreme All Nighter (celebrating the New Year), three guys that attend our youth group once in a while, received Christ that night! We are so excited! In our Y.M. Office, we are starting a "prayer wall" for all those who are in our youth group or who are on our hearts to pray for, and for those who aren't saved yet, and for those who just got saved. We will post their pictures up and pray for them every time we meet!
God is so good, and has blessed us with 2 pretty hefty tax returns, which in turn, will help us financially. Jhan (during the winter) isn't working as much. I am excited, because Jhan is allowing me to buy a Digital SLR (professional) camera after we get the money! I am so excited, because I really am interested in doing photography, and some day want to have my own business! My sister (in law), Julia, and I are both doing the photography together. She just got a REALLY nice digital SLR camera for Christmas, and so we are going to practice together and start up our portfolio soon!
Jhan is doing good! He is so busy working full time, and then coming home and giving me a kiss, and playing with his son, whom he is loving having around! I am so proud of Jhan, he comes home from work every day, and on some days he has to go straight from here to get stuff ready for youth group. His heart for our youth kids is huge, and he loves and disciples each of them as much as he can. I am proud to say, that my husband is the most amazing man I know. He loves God with ALL of his heart, and his heart breaks for the things that breaks Gods heart. He is so compassionate and loving towards Jeremiah and I, and towards others! I will say that he is doing the youth ministry whole-heartedly, and in the midst is volunteering his time do do it all for no pay. God has blessed him so much.
Prayer Points for us:
*That we would raise Jeremiah to the best of our ability in the Presence of God
*We would better our marriage every day
*We would live to do God's will, whatever that may require of us
*Our youth ministry would continue to thrive and grow
*Our youth kids would realize the urgency of having a personal relationship with God is essential
*We would be wise with our finances and would use what we have to serve others
We want to thank each and every one of your for your prayers! Thanks for reading this long blog about our updated life! God bless you! Keep checking our web site! I update it once a month! I have to go, Jeremiah just woke up!
