A Packed January

Staff Retreat

Our staff kicked off the year with staff retreat. We even managed to squeeze it in before the snow! We spent the week reflecting on 1 Corinthians 13 and what love is about. "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails." So simple, but if we really made this truth the center of our lives, recognizing how God loves us and striving to love others this way, how radically would we be changed?

Sweet friends! 

Something we talked about was this artwork. Man is on the left and God on the right, stretching so far out of heaven to reach man. But the man is laying back with barely any effort to reach out to God. He's limp-wristing it. How often do we love with a limp wrist? Maybe there's some effort there but are we always protecting, always trusting, always hoping, and always persevering? I fall short of this so often. This was such a helpful topic going into the spring semester. I want people to know deeply what it is to be loved for who they are and not what they can do.

Snow Days

Owen had fun in the snow!

His first time sledding was a success too.

Winter Retreat

Our biggest event of the year was amazing! Over 700 people came to worship God, hear about what true discipleship looks like, and invest in each other. I've heard from so many that this was probably their favorite retreat yet!

Owen and Jon came and Owen loved getting to hang out with the other staff kids. 

These are the other moms on staff with super young kids! It's been so sweet to figure out this working mom thing with them. 

Baptisms, TNF, and other things!

I had the honor of baptizing one of our TWU girls, Caitlynn! The water may have been close to freezing but this girl is on fire for the Lord! 

Thursday Night Fellowship is back and going strong! Winter retreat gets people fired up, which brings so much energy to our time together as a campus.

And finally, there's been some fun things at TWU! I got to bring Owen to campus and have lunch with some sweet girls. They promise to teach him the way of energy drinks when he's a bit older.

We also had a time of scripture reading on campus, completely led by students!

It's been a whirlwind but God is not stingy with his blessings by any means! I hope you are encouraged by the energy and true discipleship God is bringing to these students, because it's life changing.

Love y'all, thank you for being such an important part of this mission!