Thanksgiving dinner with friends

Tonight was a special night for our family and friends. We pulled together some of our leaders from our middle and high school teams to celebrate what God has done, eat some turkey, and practice doing life together. Amie and Kim (my lovely wife) both baked turkeys today, and we feasted at the Howes' house, which is next door to ours. I had to sneak out (with my friend KimD) to go to worship team practice at 9, but many of those in the house hung out and played Settlers of Catan after we left.

Since we moved into this little neighborhood in Houserville, 2 other families from our church have bought houses near us. Both families help us lead the student ministry at Calvary. We love having great friends as neighbors. But the cooler thing is that I believe God has a plan for our little neighborhood.

There are lots of opportunities for us to love and bless our neighbors. Many of the families have been in this neighborhood since the houses were built in the late 1950's. I am excited to see what God leads us to do this coming year. I know that a lot of our neighbors have negative impressions of the church. I am hoping that as we love and serve our friends, we get to change those negative ideas into some positive ones.

What are the two most important things?
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and love your neighbor as you love yourself.

Here's to showing some love to the neighbors!