Changes...

It's time to officially announce that I will not be taking over AWANAs in the fall. This makes me very sad, but after a lot of thinking and praying on the subject, I know that it is the best move for me and my family. I wanted so badly to be a part of AWANAs this year, but because of things going on at home, it wouldn't be a good idea. I am very sorry for any confusion this may have caused. But know that I am praying for all of you and the leader(s) God is raising up for the AWANA ministry. If you are at all interested in taking on a leadership role, let me know and I can definitely get you hooked up with the right people! Have a great year AWANA Leaders, Parents, and Students!

So other happenings in our household. Tay pulled her dresser down and nearly got crushed. Thankfully she is ok. Amara has had a stomach bug, but seems to be better now. Jon is getting ready to start his vacation, which is great! We won't be going anywhere like we had originally planned, but instead we'll have a stay-cation and maybe take a trip later on. And as for me, I've just been stressed out trying to figure out solutions to Amara's issues at church. But overall, its really been a wonderful time. We got to have a great night with my best friends the Day's without the kids. It was really nice to watch a movie and enjoy adult time. We were able to sit and talk and enjoy each other's company. I definitely needed that time and I'm soooo thankful that we have amazing friends like them! 

Sunday was the last Genesis service. As sad as I am to see this chapter of our lives close, I'm looking forward to new and amazing things that God is doing in the life of our church. Genesis has been a family to us. The people that we've shared that time with will always be close to us and we have learned so many things from that ministry. There was a time, not so long ago, that we couldn't stand the fact that we were "stuck in Virginia". Let me explain. When Jon got stationed here with the Navy, we couldn't find any good reason why we were in Va. We didn't like the state as a whole (the government) and we couldn't find any friends or a church home that we liked. The traffic frustrated us (wonderful I-64) and the Navy continually upset us with decisions that were made (like getting passed over for shore command so many times). The first time we went to Liberty, we liked the preaching (that was when Pastor Danny Forshee was here), but we couldn't get past how badly we were treated by the church members (no, I don't remember who they were, it was almost 10 yrs ago!). We actually left Liberty and went to other churches to try and find one that we liked. Well, long story short(er), we couldn't find anywhere else that was as good as Liberty's preaching, so we decided to go back and just deal with the people. I'd love to tell you that it was so much better when we went back, but it wasn't. But we did deal with it and I got involved in the band with Micah Watson (back when the night service was Ecotone). We got involved with the youth ministry and over the years we've been involved in several other ministries. Through each and every one of them, we have learned things. One of which being that God has placed us at Liberty for a reason! Do we LOVE Virginia like so many of our friends? No. But we've learned to like where God puts us, including Virginia. ;) We've learned to find joy in our hardships, to love people that we don't particularly like, to just shut up sometimes ;), and that even people who we don't spend a ton of time with can still be like family to us. We love our Genesis family and look forward to serving with all of you in other ways. :)

Well, thats really all the updating I have time for this morning. Have a wonderful week everyone!

<3 Mya