you are good when there's nothing good in me...

you know what i love?

coffee. like a lot. okay, probably too much.... so that's what i'm up to right now. tee hee.

i love the band crooked still, having been introduced to them by my sister sarah. this girl's voice is unbelievable!

i have loved having my darling katie here with me these past few days. yesterday we spent the afternoon with sarah and baby ethan, and heaven met earth for a moment. isn't he perfect??? i might be a little biased :) (he's rocking his bluegrass bandana on the left, and getting auntie kate and nona kisses on the right)

these girls are two of my three. there really is nothing like sarah, kate, and i being in the same place. and god gave us 3 or 4 good days together. bluegrass festivals, pizza parties, and lots of auntie time with the little punkin head :) oh, glory!

my heart has been so heavy lately with a happy burden. i've been praying and praying about the future and what god is doing with my community here. specifically with the NEXT community. and it all seems to good to be true. NEXT is the service we have at 6 on sunday nights in the back of the coffee shop. we started it 4 years ago when i moved back to wichita. i actually moved back specifically to do this ministry, and four years later, we are going strong. lately it seems, with the unrest and starvation i have been wading through spiritually, i am more and more drawn to the idea that those around me must be starving as well. and i am prepared now to take responsibility for that. or at least to begin moving in that direction.

we need a goal. we need a purpose to push is forward as a community. to bind us together. we need honesty and grace. not just to talk about and uphold grace, but to live it and exercise it. and the burden i have been given is to steer my people in that direction. god's given me the vision. so here i go!

also, i love sleepovers. i love sleepovers with leta reppert. in the guest house behind HOH. woot.