birthday wishes

this past weekend the ridge community church turned 2 years old! it was awesome to celebrate. mike breaux came to speak, and he was excellent. his message was so encouraging and uplifting. he preached a sermon similar to the one he preached on sunday a couple years ago, which was turned into a book. it's called "making ripples." eric has read it, and i am going to. his sermon was awesome, and so uplifting. by the end you wanted to stand up and shout "let's go make ripples." so cool.

eric's parents, and brother, matt came up to visit. we had a great time. they haven't seen molly since she started walking, so that was fun. it has officially turned fall here. i love it! and i am trying to enjoy these nice 60 degree days, all before the snow comes! someone at church said the farmers almanac predicts an awful winter. great...we thought last winter was awful, and everyone told us how oh it's a fluke, we never get this much snow. i think they were just saying that to make us feel oh so wisconsin welcomed. haha...

we also started neighborhood groups, and jr/sr high ministry. neighborhood groups are going well. eric and i's group multiplied, and our new group has a lot of new people. our jr. high ministry has taken off in the last 2 weeks. it's amazing. kids are like coming out of the woodwork to come and be apart of it. our sr. high ministry on the other hand is struggling a little bit. because we are a young church, we have a lot of kids, and not so many high schoolers. so the first night we had a meeting, we had 2 kids. which is great that 2 came, but we had 6 volunteers. so we are now trying to put our efforts into something that is going to suit the kids better, and truly meet them where they are. so please pray for us. we are trying to figure out where to go, and what our vision is, and all that stuff.

other then that, things are going well for us. busy, busy, busy, but god is so good. we are reminded of his faithfulness daily, and still so thankful for being in wisconsin.

love to you all!