Sorry I have not been sending these out lately. There has been a lot going on, and some days I am on the go all day. God’s grace is doing many things.
My renters continue to pay rent on-time! It is such a releif to have good tenents. In a couple months I will be talking to them about what they want to do when the lease ends, this summer. Last year they did not see themselves only living there for one year. In December they said they were still undecided between doing another year or moving into a lease to own.
Since I wrote last I have had the opportunity to speak a couple times. In October, John had me share with a church in the area, the importance of church planting. During chapel, where I teach, I spoke once on the misconception that the church is overly protective, and another time on Gospel Centered Singleness. A couple weeks ago, John was asked to speak at another church so he had me fill in at Refuge City Church.
John continues to work with me on hermeneutics, exegesis, speaking, and preaching. In May he has asked me to do a four week series. This week I will be deciding between a couple things we have been talking about.
John and Amy are expecting their first baby. Abigal Pope should be joining us sometime around the end of April. Everything is going well, and Abigal is developing as the doctors expect.
A couple weekends ago John, Scot and I went with a couple other guys to a conference in Columbus. This conference focused on being men of God. After the conference we grabbed a bite to eat, and while having dinner one of the unbelieving friends we brought with us shared the Gospel with the other unbelieving friend. It was so amazing to see.
Please pray for the unbelievers in our midst. This past Wednesday we prayed, as a church, for our unbelieving friends. There are a lot of them. Praise God for bringing them into friendships with various people at Refuge.
I am about to try raising finances to support my part-time work with the church. We call it part-time, but it’s more like full-time. My current salary does not put me in a position where I could live downtown. I have tried to work the budgeting a couple times, but the money is not there with what my current job pays. I hope to raise $10,000. That would be enough for me to live downtown. It’s hard to be missional to downtown people when you don’t live there. I hope to move into either an area that is has a growing Turkish, Sudanies, or African American population. Downtown Dayton has these demographics, but I have been struggling to connect with them. I want to move into their neighborhood, and do some of the things I did in Charlotte.
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