Refuge got four new faces this
month. Luke and Lydia-Ruth moved here May 5.
Also there is two babies at Refuge now.
Luke and Lydia-Ruth have a little boy, and John and Amy had their baby
last month.
John and Amy are leaving on
vacation in a less than two weeks. They
will be going out to visit Amy’s family in Arizona for a couple weeks. Abigal, their daughter, will be going with
them. Please pray that everything goes
well and they find the time restful.
I have decided to seek employment
downtown. I will be sending in
applications and my resume to different buisnesses down there soon. I will be looking into several different
options, please pray for wisdom and guidance.
There are several areas in
downtown that I am considering moving into.
I am waiting to see where John, Luke, and Scot move. They are looking at houses, and depending on
where they move will depend on where I move.
Twice a year, Dayton holds an
event called “Urban Nights”. Several of
us volunteered to help with the event.
Halfway though my time serving, I met a guy named Sonny. He was telling me about his mom that had
passed away recently. He said he
struggled to see why his parents passing away before the age of 60 could ever
be a good thing. He then began asking me
why I was serving at Urban Nights. I
started telling him about the church and why we wanted to help at Urban Nights.
Sonny then said, “Do you ever wish
you could have met Christ before you met christians?” After addressing his question I started
asking him what he thought about christianity.
Sonny struggles to understand sin, grace, Christ, and many other
things. Many of his questions had to do
with trusting God. After talking for 20
minutes he said he needed to get on a bus so that he could get to the greyhound
station and head back to L.A. I told him
I appreciated his conversation and began asking if he was going to look into a
church out there. He didn’t know any so
he gave me his e-mail address so that I could help him find a church when he
arrives.
May 27 is when I will be starting
a four week series through the book of Jude.
I have been enjoying preparing for this series. John has been a great help guiding and
equipping me to go though this book. I
have never done something like this before.
Please continue to pray for
Refuge. This month has been very
encouraging. With the arrival of the
Neff’s, Abigal’s birth, Scot and Hanah preparing for marriage and moving
downtown, and Urban Nights, I write you filled with joy because of the work He
is doing.
Thanks for your support, and
congradulations to my friends Andrew and Anna Barnes on getting married.
Matthew 28:20
