Sunday, June 19, 2011
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Saturday, June 11, 2011
Weeding, Sand, & Pride
I have a good kind of pride at the moment. My family, as part of the Kansas City "What If The Church" Serve Day, helped weed a sand volleyball court, and then lay new sand on top in an effort to bless the Gillis Center. The Gillis Center houses 36 boys in need of a home, plus has an emergency shelter for 10 boys who find themselves in desperate need. (We learned that in Kansas City, roughly a hundred kids need emergency shelter every month. Gillis is one place helping meet that need.) Gillis also runs a school for 120 kids who have been booted from other schools for behavioral issues. We got to hear a couple of stories of transformation that has taken place through the efforts of Gillis. So it was an honor roger to help clean the place up a little bit alongside Christ-followers from all over the KC metro area.
Here's the before and after photos of the sand volleyball court. To see some photos of my awesome kiddos at work, head over to our family website at thebirdnest.net.
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Changed lives change lives
My good friends, Zac and Erin Harlan, are featured in an article and I just want to take a moment to point the spotlight on them and on Christ.
I have been honored to watch Zac's life be transformed by the gospel, grow in his relationship with Christ, and marry Erin (which I had the privilege to officiate!). Then I've watched them together welcome Addie into their lives. Zac and Erin were a bit taken aback when they learned their daughter had Down Syndrome, but I have been so touched watching the amazing way they have loved her and learned from God through her.
And now their lives, having been changed by Christ and by their precious girl, are about to radically change the life of another precious little girl. But to learn about that, you have to read the article!
To me, this is proof once again that when Christ has truly changed a life, that life will inevitably change the lives of others. I'm praying that the future church we get the honor of starting will have more Zac & Erin stories in it, so the changed lives we get to see will change even more lives around Iowa and the globe.
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