The Big Event In Between

So somewhere in my excitement over cheap cheesecake and watching whales, I totally forgot to tell you about another BIG event. We have new friends in Washington! And more than friends, we have ministry partners! Arin and Kristy Jenkins and their four precious children arrived in DuPont on Friday, all the way from New Hampshire! And they aren't just here to visit...they are here to stay!! This incredible family moved all the way across the country to join us in our mission of reaching the people of DuPont for Jesus. Arin is amazingly talented and is going to be serving as our worship leader, yay!! We've been praying for months and months for Arin and Kristy to be here and God has answered that prayer. We are super excited about what God's going to do through them here.

In fact, let me share how God has already used them. Being a family of six, Kristy knew that they would need a washer and dryer first thing, so they started shopping on Craigslist. They located a good deal and when they went to pick up their appliances on Saturday, God opened the door for a conversation with the young couple doing the selling. This young couple had only been in DuPont for a month and were so excited to learn about Life Church...so excited that they joined us that very night for a cookout, attended Life Church on Sunday, and joined our brand new Tuesday night Life Group!! Amazing God we serve, don't you think??


To celebrate Arin and Kristy's arrival, we got together with some great friends at Kyle and Terry's and had a "Welcome to Washington" cookout.


Arin, Kristy, the twins, Jace and Avery, Kadence, and sweet baby Ainsley
We are SO happy they're here!!


Good friends enjoying a great cookout


More friends having a great time


Not sure what Kade is munching on here, but he sure looks cute doing it =)

And now that Arin and Kristy are here...

...we have girls at Life Kids! Their daughter Kadence is on the left and our friend Sandy came with her daughter Meagan. Yay for more girls!


And of course we had some cute little fellas too, like Cowboy Carson here.

And here's the proof that we do have our calm moments =)

Seriously, whether it's calm or chaotic or somewhere in between, we praise God for the children He entrusts to us and we praise Him for their parents who are just down the street listening to His Word being preached. Keep 'em coming Lord!!