It’s been a long time since I’ve posted - not for a lack of things going on, but because life is happening so quickly! Funny - the last time I posted was two days after GO RUN (our 5k in April), and today it is one day before GO RUN - the 15k. Life definitely is full of surprises - if you'd told me last year that I would coordinate two races in 2011, I wouldn't have believed it. You never know what's around the corner in life! :)
After several years of being a full-time staff member at Life Fellowship, I have the opportunity to step back and focus on some people and passions that are near and dear to me. Tony’s career is moving in a new direction with Corky’s BBQ, and the changes mean that he will be traveling on a more extended basis - and I am going to travel with him! We are so excited to have the opportunity to spend more time together at this season in our lives. During November, we will be spending time in the Nashville and Pensacola areas, and will cap off the month with a trip to the Philippines to see Kelli, John, Clara and Lincoln! It has been almost a year since they boarded the plane for Cebu City. Skype is awesome, but we are counting the days until we get to see them face-to-face and in person! One priority as we move to this new adventure was that I get to spend Thursdays with Tucker, so we are scheduling our travel time to accommodate that very important date each week! :)
We will be home every weekend, and look forward to “doing life” with our Life Fellowship family! Tony and I will continue to be involved with the Growth Track, Guest Services Teams and lifeGROUPS, and I will be working on the HR side of things at the church. We are blessed to have been a part of what God is doing since the day that Life Fellowship was born, and we look forward to what He has for each of us in the future! We are so grateful to Pastor Patrick and Treasa Conrad for their friendship and leadership, and for the incredible life change that we personally have experienced at Life Fellowship.
The last few years have been full of so many experiences and emotions - becoming empty nesters, then grandparents; dealing with health issues of family members; and amazing moments as Life Fellowship has grown from a “baby” church to a multi-site movement with five services each weekend in two locations. God has taught us so many things over the past few years; if I were to sum it up into one thought, it would be to treasure and relish each moment, confident in the knowledge that God is in control and has a perfect plan.
Angela Thomas is one of my favorite writers, and I love a couple of quotes from her:
"For me, trusting is learning to breathe during the fall. Trusting is believing with my whole life that God will catch me. He promises to keep His promises. He is able. He is strong. His heart towards me is good. He wants even more for me than I can dream."
“I believe that God meant for life to take our breath away, sometimes because of the sheer joy of it all and sometimes because of the severe pain.”
It’s so easy to embrace the “sheer joy” moments, but the severe pain? We would rather skip those seasons, but we will have both, there’s no escaping it. It all comes down to trusting God and in His goodness. God uses both places to shape us, to help us to empathize with the people that He puts into our lives, and if we will let Him, to find incredible comfort in Him. I choose to trust Him!
I plan to post on a much more frequent basis in the future - as “Life in the Grammy Lane” hits the road!
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