Yolie and I have been in Midlothian, VA for over two years now . Christ Church Anglican has grown from around 20 folk to nearly 60 as of last count. The community is growing in commitment to one another, to neighbors and to folks God has bump into them. We want to follow Jesus...not the safest thing I know, but the best...we want to live intentionally...meaning we want to learn to life without reference to a box (you know..."outside the box" is still referenced to some box)...we want to impact culture with the goodness of God...that means being real friends, intentional relationships, honest lives, God's power and grace, not human cleverness or oily shtick.
I still work part time at Swift Creek Starbucks. I love the kids I work with. I'm old enough to be their Dad, but they don't believe me when I say I'll be 60 next March 29th! I like that! My great uncle, Kirby, told me when I was 8 years old to never grow old through and through. That's one thing that has remained consistent. There simply is not enough classic silliness afoot in the world today.
We have had the folks known as Christ Church over to our home loads of time. These guys know how to cook! We've looked at Scripture, watched movies, talked, listened, laughed, cried and shared life a lot. I am so grateful to be here working and living life with them.
Yolie is writing great stuff. She does life-on-life discipleship with the kids in the congregation. I went to Russia again this past summer for 2 weeks with a dentist and his wife and three Russians in Camp Druzhnih. It's the camp I've had teams in for 14 years. The dentists...Noel & Elizabeth Roebuck...fixed the teeth on about 250 kids and some adults in 13 days! Amazing stuff. We shared the Gospel with the kids in one orphanage and 2 shelters that were staying in the camp in the . There was loads of other sharing as well.
Well...that's all for now. More later. If you are even in the Richmond, VA area, come see us Sunday mornings at 10:15 AM. We meet in The Learning Playhouse, 208 North Providence Road, Richmond, VA 23235.
Great Rwanda coffee, great worship, pretty good sermons (talks, sharing, etc. by me) and a loving group of folk. Oh, we have communion every Sunday. Jesus meets us at His table every time. wonderful grace to us gathered there.
That's it for now! Bye...
