Jan. Update

Hello! We hope you all are doing great. Things here in Milwaukee are cold, snowy, icy, and just plain old wintry! But we are managing, just like the rest of you. I now understand what Mark was talking about when he interviewed us, he told us "Milwaukee is not a sexy city..." I totally agree! There is nothing sexy about snow boots, runny noses, and chapped lips! But we are still so blessed to be here, and still love it!

Here are some updates:

The Ridge- This weekend is the BIG MOVE! We are moving into the largest theater the movie theater has to offer! So please pray that we pack the people in! We are also starting a new series called, "One Month To Live." I think from what I have been hearing, it's going to be awesome! You can listen/watch online...www.theridgecc.com
Our neighborhood groups are also starting up this week. Please pray for more people to get involved, and for our neighborhood group leaders. Our New Berlin group may triple. We already multiplied this fall, now we may have to add another group! Please keep praying for God to provide the people! Our lead pastor, Mark, and his wife, Donna just adopted their 3rd child! Eliana (Hebrew-God who hears us) made her grand appearance last Friday, in the United States. She is so beautiful, and God has truly blessed the Weigt family with her!

Eric- Well, he is busy, busy, busy, but loves his job! He actually is looking for a student minister because with the rate that the neighborhood groups are growing, and the church in general, student ministry was becoming a bit much. So he has been interviewing different people for the job. He has had a great time with the students so far, but we are excited about the possibility of him being the lead pastor at The Ridge's second site. So please pray for a great student minister to come to The Ridge, and for Eric and his leadership with everyone he is involved with.

Kate- I am on my last class for school! And I am now starting to see "clients." Pretty much wonderful friends who are volunteering to help me! So as long as I can find enough volunteers, and see them in a reasonable time frame, I should be all set to graduate by Molly's second birthday. Please pray for an abundant amount of volunteers for me.

Molly- Saved the best for last! She is almost 18 months old! Wow! She is running around like a mad woman and talking up a storm. She is almost always happy, and I love spending my days (and nights) with her! I feel so blessed everyday to be able to read to her, play with her, and just sit and watch her. My heart is overflowing with love for her! We have been going to a playgroup 2 times a month at a local church here. She loves all of the kids there! We spent our first night at urgent care with Molly, about 2 weeks ago. She went down for a nap fine, woke up wheezing. So they diagnosed her with croup/strider. So after spending about 4 hours there and some breathing treatments later, she is fine. She was fine that night. Even though she was wheezing she wouldn't stop running and playing! So she is doing much better now, just a little coughing, but she is great! Thank the Lord for a wonderful, healthy little girl.

Like I said before, we truly hope you all are doing great! We hope you survived Christmas and New Years, and are off to a great 2009 so far! Please let us know how we can be praying for you, and please know that we thank God for you and yours!

Be blessed till next time!