hi, remember us? oh, yeah – forgot we had a blog on wordpress! apologies to our readers (yes, all 1 or 2 of you). let’s see, “our” last post was in may, and lots has happened since then. lots has happened since 1 year ago actually, none of which has been documented on this blog. sowwy.
dom & i joined our friends in a vision to plant something in the city of portland: a church. dom officially came on the planting team as the “community pastor”! he fits the role so well. the dreaming & praying phase probably years back, but we really started gathering with others to pray fervently, hand-in-hand, and put dreams & vision on paper & action last year. in the last 12 months, we have seen God multiply, move, break, love… all kinds of awesome and difficult stuff… and we wouldn’t trade the journey for anything else. can’t wait to see what else is in store as we put faith & love into action!
our theophilus team has changed also. we released melissa (prayer warriorette), jane (outreach guru), and abe (interchurch networking master) to their respective journeys God was leading them to move onto a few months ago. we count ourselves extremely blessed to have been able to partner with them in reaching the youth, supporting the youth leaders in our community, and loving the city we live in.
but he gives and takes away: God provided galen, daren, and aaron as new members of our core leadership team! it’s been super fun getting to know them and they certainly add new perspective to our team. can’t wait to see what’s in store this next year.
as for mr. and mrs. kan – what a fun & quick year it has been so far. can’t believe it’s already november. as much as this year may have been challenging, this year has been very much about growth & change for us kans. some of you may know that i (christine) have struggled with depression and anxiety in the past couple of years. along with all the other changes that were taking place for us, we knew we couldn’t bear to do it alone. we finally decided to seek counseling in march, and although it was a difficult process… it was one of much healing, change in perspective, and “whew, i’m not crazy after all”. we’re not perfect, but i consider us blessed 1) to have had the opportunity to receive counseling and 2) to come to the realization that we couldn’t possibly walk through the journey alone.
love my community, love my jesus.
christine