Well our class has been going for a week. We are enjoying our classes. This tuesday we did an exercise where we spent time allowing God to bring to mind lies that we believe about ourselves, others and especially God. Then we broke up into groups of 8 would have one person put up their sheet of lies where everyone else could read them and the rest of the group broke the lies by speaking truth to the person. It was a bit scary to think of putting my sheet of lies up. Jason was willing to go first. It was a blessing! After he went everyone was ready to go and get rid of these lies that have been holding us back. It was a powerful exercise and one I would recommend to do with faithfilled trustworthy friends.
We have also been taught by Kevin Griesen. I am not sure I spelled his name right but he is a missionary for the IMB. Wow! He shared so many practical things about how to be effective in the harvest field. Most of what he shared was how to be dependent on the Holy Spirit. How to let him show us who he is working in and then to stay with that person while the Holy Spirit is moving. This man has seen movements happen and we were glad to have him teach us the master's plan and practical strategy.
Tomorrow we will be going out around Waco looking for what the Holy Spirit is doing and bringing the kingdom.

This fall starts our church planting class. Actually, we start the classes tomorrow. We will also have a weekend retreat this weekend for our class. One couple is coming from Russia for this training. An awesome young lady, Jen, is coming down from Michigan to care for our kids and the kids from Russia while we are in class. Pray for grace for everyone.
The kids will have a new schedule to get use to. So will Jason. He is going to be working 32 hours a week while we are in classes to take care of us. We are in class 16 hours a week and will have required reading. Pray for Jason-- our family's leader.
Our kids are fun to be with. They were busy this past week. They made a "playtime castle" out of cardboard boxes and paint. Then they dictated stories to mom and illustrated them. Haven Marcus wrote a story about how to build a tree house. Roni told me her story was "Jesus' favorite kind of pickel". (it was pink by the way) That gives just a bit of insight into each of them.