To my ONE faithful fan (you know who you are!), this one is for you...
Much has gone on in the past few months. First off, I had computer and camera problems for a good while which did not allow me to upload any pictures or do anything crazy on the computer. I am not a techy dude, by ANY means. But, I did get it fixed (FINALLY) and we are all better now.
On Monday, we had our 1st Annual ALL AREA Young Life Club in Killeen. We had folks from Belton to Copperas Cove and everywhere in betwixt. For a grand total of about 129 people!!! It was the BEST YL Club that I have EVER been a part of in my 8 years in Central Texas. That is NO exaggeration. Seriously. I wish you could have been there. There was So much Energy and Heat from all those kids! My Lanta...
Below is a pic of a Belton YL Leader crowd surfing during the first song of the night! I knew it was going to be WILd night when I saw this happen. Don't think I wasn't worried about his foot going through the roof. I was prayin'...
This is Sasha, one of our new UMHB Leaders at Harker Heights High School, and some of her girls getting into it and singing their hearts out!
Monday night was Fantastic! What a great way to end the semester.
Taylor and I are good. We have been married almost 2 1/2 years. That's really hard to believe. We have gotten to be really good friends with two other couples in town. We went to Cancun with them in January and we get together every Thursday for food and some Bible Study. It really is a wonderful time. We are very thankful to have friends... and GOOD friends to ADD!
This is a picture of Taylor and me at Dave & Busters in Austin. We went there for Tad's 33rd birthday. It was a fun night... I hadn't been to a Dave & Busters in like 20 years!
In addition to our marriage, we have to include our two 'kids'! Bourne and Bauer (out cats) keep us entertained at all times. They are a mess and keep us laughing day and night. Here is Bourne taking FULL advantage of the 'Bird Bath' in our backyard! More like a 'Bourne Bath!' He runs the roost...
And lastly, some REALLY big news from Taylor and Johnny Russell!
Are YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU ready for this?
NO, we are not pregnant, but we are MOVING! That's right, the Russell's are moving to Tyler, Texas, to continue to work for Young Life. We are very, very excited about the move. Taylor has never lived anywhere except Killeen her entire life minus the 8 years she was at college! Wink Wink. Just kidding, she was only at Texas A & M for 6... or maybe it was 4 1/2! Anything over 4 years seems like 6 or 8 to me... Only the diligent can complete a Bachelors Degree in 4 years FLAT!
So, lots of things are changing for us. We have our home on the market and we have an offer on the home below in Tyler... It is a Contigent Contract, meaning that if our home sells in the next 30 days, then we will move forward with the below home. This is the view from the front yard and my mom's favorite picture of the house (which doesn't have the house in it at all!).
So there it is. That's our life in a 7 minute nutshell. We report to our 'duty station' in Tyler on 1 July. We will go to camp with Tyler kids, not our Killeen kids. We feel like God is all over this decision in our life. It has really been fun to be a part of it and experience God at work! We told our YL kids and leaders that we were leaving on Monday. That was ExTrEmElY hard for me. I wept. Taylor wept. Kids wept. It was a great night...
So there it is. That's our life in a 7 minute nutshell. We report to our 'duty station' in Tyler on 1 July. We will go to camp with Tyler kids, not our Killeen kids. We feel like God is all over this decision in our life. It has really been fun to be a part of it and experience God at work! We told our YL kids and leaders that we were leaving on Monday. That was ExTrEmElY hard for me. I wept. Taylor wept. Kids wept. It was a great night...
Bless You...
