Well it's Monday again! Hope you had a good long weekend celebrating Independence Day (Not America's birthday). I got to go to Columbus and visit family which was a good time.
It's also the first Monday of the month meaning it's News Letter day. I planned on doing it last Monday, but I had a guest with me so I decided to do it this week.
The past week has been highly eventful, but not incredibly productive. If you remember I just came off of two weeks of camp and a wedding, so I was pretty beat. My girlfriend was in town in with and I haven't done anything touristy in the year that I've been here so we decided to see the sites of the 'Burgh. Monday we went to the zoo, Tuesday we hung around the house, Wednesday we went up an incline and walked around Mt. Washington. Afterwards we went to visit my aunt and helped her put up a gazebo. When we left we decided to make a pit stop on the way back to my house and went to the Point and watched the sunset. That was the first time I've been there in 13 years and it was amazing. Picture below. Thursday we went into Oakland and toured the Museum for a few hours. Luckily we got some awesome connections and got to go in for free. Friday we had a baseball game, first in the series of Indians v. the Pirates. It rained most of the time but it was a really fun experience! Then Saturday rolled around and we headed towards Columbus for the 4th.
Over the past week I began doing some work for this coming year and the ministry I'm going to be a part of at Altoona. I began to think of what I wanted to focus on and have come to the conclusion of talking about religion as a verb. Religion, when it comes down to it, is really no more than the practicing of one's faith. I wrote a blog post on it here to kind of get my thoughts out and also to share! I've also been working on the mission, vision, values, and goals for the ministry. Once I get those done I'll be working on them for the year's curriculum then the lesson planning process begins.
I also begin class this week, like a month after it starts. This class is Doctrine of Salvation which I am really excited for, except for all the reading I'm going to have to do.
This Wednesday (two days from now) I'm going out to Altoona for meetings and apartment hunting, so keep those in prayer for me. It'll be interesting, especially since money right now is getting tight. But as always, God will provide.
Just so there is transparency here between us, many of you that read this support me and my ministry both through prayer and financially. For that I thank you from the bottom of my heart. This past year has been a major blessing for me and has showed me even more how God will constantly provide for me. Lately though I have been having random spells of panic when thinking about finances both in the present and future. I continue to pray and trust that God will provide, either by weird but awesome ways like giving me a free place to stay, or by bringing in financial support. God is always good and always trustworthy, and though it seems at times like we're in a dark place his promises still ring true and he will come through on them. In that we are to walk, in anticipation that he will come through for us. But please keep in your your prayers and that I remember that in the coming months where life may get a bit bumpy.
As always thank your for your support and be looking for a News Letter this week! If you regularly support me you'll receive one automatically, if you want one and don't support me just ask!
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