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Pray a lot, love people, make disciples, watch it go.
Janet and I will spend our summer working with a new church in Austin. We appreciate your prayers. You can come help us too ;^]’
We pack a truck on May 20. If you can help us load up, starting at Noon, you are heroic! We unload in Austin on Friday, May 22–help needed of course.
I return to campus on May 26 to teach a church planting course, and then I’ll head back to Austin on May 30. I plan to spend the summer writing about God and getting the church started.
This mission is part of a long-term plan to help students gain real-world experience during the summer. I’ve been working for over a year with Associations and State Conventions in Austin, San Francisco, Portland, and Reno. We chose Austin because of its church planter support system–it’s the best I’ve seen.
I’m talking to an NOBTS student and a recent Liberty Seminary grad about helping lead the church long-term. If they bite, it will be a multi-cultural experience, and one to which I look forward. If God is in it, he will bring us together. I’ve seen him do some surprising things to start churches, so I am not worried.
Once we move in, we will gather a group for discipleship in someone’s home. If you’re local and interested, let me know. We’ll also find a community service project to show our neighbors some love. Your ideas are welcome there as well.
Several friends will help us over the summer. I hope you get to meet Liz, Michael (RefugeNOLA) and Erin-Leigh (Land of 1000 Hills Coffee).
Janet accepted to UMass graduate school.
Last week, Janet was accepted to the graduate program in gerontology at the University of Massachusetts. She begins classes online this fall, and anticipates graduating in May 2010 with a Master of Science in Gerontology. This should help her take care of Jack. It will also help her to increase the kingdom by caring for the country’s aging population, which will make her even more of a blessing to others. Way to go, Janet.
Boone earned a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from Fort Lewis College this month. He is job hunting in Austin, and considering medical school.
Amanda transfers to Texas State this Fall, starring as a Junior, theater major. Meanwhile, she loves her toy store job.
Thanks for praying! -Jack
