Wow, what a full two weeks here in Fayetteville, AR. It seems like yesterday we loaded up to head north! The first week was full of very cold weather, some sickness and much newness of place and home. We are currently staying in a four bedroom apartment graciously given to us by Lightbearers as we begin the onboarding process. With four bedrooms and two bathrooms it is almost the same size as our house in Dallas! Max and Sydney have plenty of room to roam inside and it is fully furnished so we are very blessed. Once the cold made way to warmer temperatures, children began to play outside and several boys have become Max's teammates in a daily game of "football/biking/run around" sport. There's a hill called the "Knoll" in the middle of the apartment complex that the kids bike or run up to and back. All in all we are blessed to have families close by with children!
We are adjusting to our life here in Fayetteville as we do miss family and friends in Dallas. New Heights Church here in Fayetteville is our new church home and spending much time with the grandparents is always a blessing. Dixie, our dog, is staying with them and has become quite the escapee from the dog kennel! Only a couple miles away, we stop by the grandparents house regularly and watched the beloved Colts once again lose to the Patriots.
My work has increased more over the past two weeks from onboarding to taking on responsibilities. Current I am reading the 1,100 pages of Grudem's Systematic Theology , the entire New Testament, planning the lesson for 1 & 2 Thessalonians and James to the OSU students in February and learning how discipleship, training and management processes are performed here at the University of Arkansas. Lastly construction management and planning for the development in Stillwater I assist in as well. Next week a team including an architect and director of Lightbearers will be in Stillwater to discuss the development and expectations of the team which is exciting! Hopefully we can break ground soon and have our own facility at Oklahoma State.
Overall Courney, Max, Sydney and I are doing well, but do feel the affects of change, distance of close friends and family and realize the cost of this change. We are really looking forward to being in Dallas Jan. 31-Feb. 10. The majority of our time will be spent packing and loading the truck, but if you have space in your schedule and would like to see us, send us a message/text/tweet/post! We close on our house Feb. 11 in Stillwater, OK and hopefully can be in Stillwater full time shortly after that date.
PRAISE/PRAYER:
-Help us to find great community in Stillwater
-Thanks for the great friends here in Fayetteville
-Thanks for the generosity of everyone as year one financial support is complete!
-Help Courtney and I communicate better in this complicated process
-God goes before and continues to work at OSU
-Protection for Jason as he goes to Turkey/other countries the end of Feb.-beginning of March
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