The Trees Are On Fire

Ok, here is just one picture of the amazing fall! Seriously you walk amidst the trees and some of them are so brilliant that your eyes see fire. It is so beautiful. We have had some of the most amazing weather the last 2 weeks which has been great. I am preparing for the storm. A week from today I am flying down to San Diego (Carlsbad) for a week, which is going to be amazing. I am going to get to see family and specifically be there for my nephew Matthew's first birthday!!! I can't believe how big he is getting and how old he is already! I have a good feeling that after that week i have a feeling that it will begin the rainy season, but I am ready!

So God is so faithful! We don't have an official date yet but it is almost positive now that we will be moving into a new building Colossae that will much better suite our needs! Also, God has just been showing me so much and refining me. I am really learning what it means to be a follower of Christ, not just mentally but through actually living it out. It is hard, definitely harder than "sunday school" ever held. To be faithful to the extent that Christ demands in the bible takes a lifetime of faithfulness. I am continually learning how to seek after God and follow Him. Allowing God to lead me. Giving up the drivers seat is much harder than it would seem. The church I grew up in loved to use the phrase "Giving God The Steering Wheel Of Your Life" as a term for committing your life to Christ. This is a great analogy, but as I look at it in more depth, I think the majority of us do something more like this, "God, I am giving you the right to ride shotgun in my car, I will let you give me directions when I get lost." I know much of my life sort of was found in that idea, trying to drive myself and never fully giving the whole essence of who I am to Christ. Now I am just trying to completely live that out. All I can say is God is moving me, and I love it.

Please pray for God to begin to give vision to us in Colossae on how we can best impact our city of Tigard and the surrounding cities. We feel God longs to have us out there making a greater impact. Also pray that God continues to bless me with faith.