June has proved to be suprisingly busy, but exciting nontheless! June 8th, I began teaching 5 Bearobics classes at Baylor. I have fallen deeply in love with teaching! So much so, I let the ladies of my church talk in me in to teaching 3 times a week in Mertens. Although my body hasn't been as excited about teaching 8 classes in 5 days, I'm positive it will catch up and stop hurting soon (or at least I hope).Ray and I went with some of our best friends Josh and Autumn Lockett to our first Rangers game of the season! We had a blast and thankfully did not get struck by the massive amounts of lightening overhead!
June 14th our church celebrated it's 125th birthday. With Mertens being home to only 150 people, this is of course a huge accomplishment. We celebrated with two worship services, hundreds of friends and family, former ministers coming to lead us in worship and Word, and some Bar-b-Que! Ray and I are continually reminded of how lucky we are to have the opportunity to live along side such a loving community of people, who eagerly search for God's working in their lives.
Last night our good friend (and worship Pastor) John Lassitter was ordained. He and Ray planned such a beautiful service and celebration of God's call on John's life. In the short time we have been at Mertens, it has been an honor to watch John grow and develop into such confident and passionate pastor of worship. We love ya, John and are lucky to serve with you during such a formational time of all our ministries!
(John, in his truest element)
We are looking forward to the rest of the summer! My best friend gets married in a few weeks, Ray and I will be parents to our 2 month old niece Annie for several days (scary, I know), AND, before the summer is out Ray and I are packing up the car and heading to Colorado to climb our first mountain together!
Until next time!
Until next time!
