November 19 to now update

Well, we had our Vertical Excape lock-in November 19 and 20. Wow, it was a blast. There were over 30 that attended. I honestly was a little scared going in to it thinking that after climbing for a couple hours that the kids would just be worn out and bored. Oh how they proved me wrong! They literally climbed from 9 at night until 7 the next morning. I practically had to pry some of them off the wall when it was time to leave. A BIG thank you goes out to our volunteers who helped: Kevin and Richelle, Britt, Michelle, Erica, Ryan, Julie, and Shawna. Thank you all for staying up all night and helping. You guys rock! After taking some of the kids home, Jackie and I got home at about 8:30. Needless to say, we crashed. Exhausting but soooo much fun. Our students told be that night that I better plan on doing this at least once a year...or else. Then came Thanksgiving. After eating myself stupid, we began a new Sunday series on Evangelism (this week's was called "Come and See" and a new Wednesday night series on Hope. We normally try to stay consistent with Sundays and Wednesdays, but Jackie came to me and told me God has been putting something on her heart about hope - especially with Christmas coming up. After all, that's why Jesus came to Earth - to give us hope! Sunday's lesson was from John 4:1-42 where Jesus talks to the lone woman at the well. She is so blown away by Jesus knowing everything about her that she goes and tells the townspeople to "Come and See." Wednesday Jackie completely brought it with her message on Hope. I even saw multiple Facebook statuses from our students about how awesome it was. You could tell that God was totally speaking through her. I love my wife! Well, that's all for now. Journey to Bethlehem is December 11 in Washington, IN. We are LEAVING at 5:15 p.m. and returning around 9:30 p.m. If you don't know what this is, here is the website.