Sabbatical

Happy New Year church family and friends! I’m looking forward to the New Year and all that God has in store! I’m also looking forward to my 13 week sabbatical, which begins today. This is such a great opportunity and I’m thankful to be able to spend this time reading, writing, studying, and in extended prayer time. I will also be attending a couple of conferences as well as visiting various churches. Renee and I are also considering some extended traveling. Kei’s mother, Fusae, even invited us to Japan! All in all, we are ecstatic about this opportunity! As I mentioned on Sunday, many of you have shared with me prayer burdens that I will take before the Lord during this time. I will be faithful in asking the Lord to intervene on your behalf.

If you would, continue to keep my family and me in your prayers. Pray that this sabbatical period would be a time of rest, renewal, and the creation of wonderful, lifelong memories. Continue to keep our church in your prayers as God is doing awesome things! Keep the people who came to the altar on Sunday to be filled with the Spirit of God in your prayers – we are all excited for them! And pray for Bud Pugh, as he will be bringing you messages from God’s Word in my absence. If you don’t know Bud, you will quickly come to appreciate him and his heart for the Lord.

We love you and will miss you! If you are interested, keep checking my blog for sabbatical updates and pictures (I’m excited to try out the new digital camera I got for my birthday). HAPPY NEW YEAR!