The past few days have been really special. Last night we were overwhelmingly blessed by our family at Park Church with a baby shower. Our friends took time to pray over us and Baby Mac and shower us with gifts. We are so thankful for God's family here in Denver, and are overwhelmed with gratefulness to how He provides us with community. We look so forward to welcoming this little one into our family at Park. 

Full of thanks for our dear friends at Park! 

Before going to the party, though, one thing had to be done. Austin was more than ready to cut his hair. So, we did it. After months and months of growing it out, Austin's locks are gone. I have to say, he looks studly either way, but now I can see his neck. 

I mean, it was a lot of hair. 

Lookin' good. 

This morning our team met for our weekly development time. This is usually a team meeting set aside for looking into the issues and needs we have as a team working in a contextualized, cross-cultural scenario. Jason led us in a time of watching a speaker named James White, once on staff with CRU serving in the Impact Movement. The heart of Impact is to serve and minister to students of African descent. James White spoke on the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman, encouraging us with Jesus' often scandalous cross-cultural ministry. I was reminded that crossing cultures is all a part of the bigger picture and goal of making God known as the Savior of the world. This is ultimately why we do what we do. That Latino students, like we desire every person, would know that Jesus is the Savior of the world. That He is not just the God of white people, or black people, but of every tribe and tongue. So thankful for that time. 

We also had a great opportunity today to sit at a round table at the Auraria campus with 12 other campus ministers, pastors, and professors directly involved in serving students in Denver, specifically at Auraria. We were able to share stories of the semester and pray for each other. It was such a privilege to hear from men and women who have been praying and laboring at Auraria for 15+ years, long before we came! You can be praying for these ministries and faculty as they seek to share Christ with students and come alongside them in their journey. Please be praying specifically for those working with International students across the city, particularly as God continues to give them favor among students from the Arabian peninsula. What gifts those people are to us! 

Students now gather in our living room for the last Familia Dinner of the semester. I am typing from bed, as I am exhausted from a long day- and feeling more and more like I am only 3 weeks away from our due date! I can hear students sharing life, laughing, and enjoying one another. Thanks to God! 

Tivoli, the student union at Auraria, at night.

Austin works very naturally in the kitchen. We think it's because he is Italian. I (K) cannot say how thankful I am for this great feature of him - and he enjoys it! I hope our kids don't hold my lack of cooking skills against me, though I can pack a lunch like nobody's business.

I have recently been taking Mondays as a "rest/work from home" day, as the baby approaches. Everyone seems to think this is a great idea, but leaving me at home basically just means I am going to make a wreath (among other things). Here is my second wreath every made...Grandmom & Mom should be so proud.

And here is the first one, with my beautiful mama:

Yesterday was a full day for us! After our staff meeting, we had an appointment with an OB at Swedish hospital for a breech consultation. Baby Mac had been head down for several appointments until the last, which necessitated the visit yesterday to see a doctor about getting the baby in position for birth. Well, needless to say, Baby Mac just likes to do flips...so he/she is back in position! We prayed for the baby to turn, and the Lord did it! The night before we attended a prayer seminar at our church, learning from our pastor some great new insights about prayer. One thing that stuck out to me was from something John Calvin had written prayer. He said, among other things, prayer reminds us of the Sovereignty of God- that it is God who works all things for the good. Period. It was sweet to have prayed all week, and to praise God now for His providing for our family in this way. Added sweetness: the doctor high-fived, fist-bumped, and hugged me, all before we left.

We ended the day with some sweet friends for dinner and the Christmas parade downtown. (It's super dark, sorry!)


I (Kayla) got to sleep in today...yes! And Austin was able to ride his new bike to the climbing gym and climb for a while this morning. We are loving Saturdays this fall. We have a hilariously erratic tradition in our home of having breakfast with our roommate on Saturday mornings. After a great talk, I was reminded of God's desire to make us a community in the body of Christ- and how special it is. We are set free in the Gospel to love one another, provide for one another, and be the actual place that God dwells. Whew. I had some time to read to day too, and I am thankful for the mental energy to soak it in. Here is what I am reading, with a quote from something I read today:


How to Be Black by Baratunde Thurston

and

The Intimate Mystery: Creating Strength & Beauty in your Marriage by Dan Allender & Tremper Longman III


"Differences are meant to draw out the part of us that is frightened and repulsed by someone alien and to expose God's delight in the strange and the odd. When we re confronted with our ethnocentrism, or more accurately our egocentrism, and how far both are from being God-centered, we are on the precipice of transformation...God's plan is to allow us to weave a new and unexpected pattern from the threads that are different." (from the context of marriage) - Dan Allender

Checking out our future pediatricians office...this is getting very real!

Most of you know, one of Austin's loves is climbing. He cleans a bouldering gym every wednesday morning to climb there for free. It's a sweet gig.  Click here for a photo from his early morning trip.

Thanks to Bekah, I have a pregnancy want satisfied. Kale smoothie. So good!

This week was full of sweet memories. Our first thanksgiving in Denver, Austin cooking a turkey, and a surprise delivery of a flower arrangement from Carolina's mom. Most of you know, but we lost our dear friend Lina to cancer just 2 weeks ago. We sure miss her.  Tonight we had a meeting with Destino leaders: we took time to thank God and plan for a fundraiser to send students to the Destino Winter Conference!

Austin cutting the turkey beside our friend Josh's mom. She was a hoot. And the turkey was great! Thanks A.

Sweet memories of Carolina, our dear friend and student who passed away 2 weeks ago. Her mom, Ana, brought this over to our house on Thanksgiving day. We are so deeply thankful.

Our table setting for thanksgiving. The great arrangement Kim gave to us! 

Notes from our Destino leader's planning meeting on Sunday evening. We are working towards a fundraiser in January to help students go to the Destino Winter Conference in San Antonio, TX. 

Fixie

Austin building his new bike. Austin will surely need a getaway vehicle in a few weeks to head to the climbing gym. (Thanks, Kim!)

day before thanksgiving

Good morning. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and we are preparing so furiously for the coming of holidays and baby that I have had little time to stop and be thankful. I came across this really interesting podcast from the gospel coalition on the history of the first Thanksgiving. If you have time, please listen.

"we tend to remember the past in a way that simply reinforces what we believe..."

"...the Pilgrims have hard questions for us to ask..."

The First Thanksgiving

"For as we begin to experience and honor diverse cultures and contexts, we are reminded that the kingdom of Jesus Christ cannot be simplified to look like any single human kingdom or culture that we know, but is rich with the beauty of many nations and tribes of the world." - adrian pei 

a day with the Lord Jesus

I am thinking about the words 'fellowship' and 'abide' today. In reading through 1 John, those words just keep coming up. I think John wants us to understand if we have fellowship with God, and thus with his people, then our lives will abide in that fellowship. It's difficult, you know, just to stay. To stick around, to fight with all your life to believe in the fellowship with God we have been given as a free gift through his Son, Jesus. To remain, abide. Yet, I am reminded...

He is the faithful one. He is the one who made fellowship with us, abiding in us. Giving us the ability to abide in Him. This is A REALLY BIG DEAL. If He is not faithful...well, I don't even want to know. 

Enjoy some words from Elizabeth Elliot:

|   We need to be refined. Peter wrote to God's scattered people, reminding them that even though they were "smarting for a little while under trials of many kinds" (they were in exile--the sort of trial most of us would think rather more than "smart"), they were nevertheless chosen in the purpose of God, hallowed to His service, and consecrated with the blood of Jesus Christ. With all that, they still needed refining. Gold is gold, but it has to go through fire. Faith is even more precious, so faith will always have another test to stand. Remember God's loving promise of 2 Corinthians 12:9, "My grace is all you need; power comes to its full strength in weakness" (NEB).

But Thou art making me, I thank Thee, sire. 
What Thou hast done and doest Thou knows't well. 
And I will help Thee; gently in Thy fire 
I will lie burning; on Thy potter's wheel 
I will whirl patient, though my brain should reel. 
Thy grace shall be enough the grief to quell, 
And growing strength perfect through weakness dire. 
--George MacDonald 
--Diary Of an Old Soul, October 2  |   - taken from Elizabeth Elliot's daily devotional 

On a personal note,

I am sitting at my computer on a Tuesday afternoon in denver because our organization values our personal walk with Jesus, giving us a day with the Lord every month. I have been enjoying music, a cool breeze in our kitchen, arting the chalkboard, 1 John, John 10, my journal, and a quiet space to be still. I encourage you all to take a half day just with Jesus when you get some free time soon. It has come for me at a great time, after a long 5 weeks on campus, spending all my energy most days by 7 pm...and heading to bed a few hours later knowing little sleep awaits. I certainly feel like I am getting ready for Baby Mac to be here. I couldn't be more grateful or excited. 

Baby Mac is doing great - moving constantly and, I am sure, developing a great personality. I already delight in the little one more than he/she knows! 

downtown portland

independence pass

 my growing belly in Aspen last weekend, among the aspens at Maroon Bells...

Y'all have a great day.  - K 

Retreat

We recently returned from a retreat with our Denver Destino team, now 6 person strong. We were so encouraged to spend a few days planning the upcoming semester and gelling as a new team. I awoke on my first morning in Grand Lake, Co to, not an elk, but a moose. My papaw would have been jealous of my sighting: 12 point buck not 50 yards away. What a moment! Below is a photo of a cool afternoon near the cabin.

august 2

Heading down into tres ojos, a series of caves in Santo Domingo. Learning about the Taino, native peoples of the island now known as Haiti/Dominican Republic. Blessed to know Dulce, our tour guide, friend, and trusted source for all things real in the former Hispaniola (with Austin below).

Republica Dominicana

We have had a CRAZY project so far, as nothing has gone as planned. The first week on campus, of which students stepping out for the first time to initiate conversations hoping to lead to the Gospel, ended with a riot on friday night. The riot began by students in attempt to lower tuition. None of us were present, but things got a little heated- closing down the school off and on for the following week. We were flexible and able to go to some other campuses, but things have certainly been up in the air.  Everything is safe and pleasant now, but we hear rumors of more to come ;) Please be praying for wisdom as we seek to be useful and encouraging to the ministry here.


I want to share with you two stories:

Roodly is a student we met last week on a smaller campus here in SD. Roodly is Haitian. Much like many of our students in Destino, being Latino, experience marginalization in the States, Roodly faces the same hardship here in the Dominican. His school was demolished in the earthquake a few years back in Haiti, forcing him to finish his studies here in Santo Domingo. During his time here, he has had few friends and is far from his family. We connected right away. The following day, he came with us to a VIDA (the ministry here) meeting, of which we had to walk 20 minutes to get to. On the way, a student Joanna entered into conversation with him.

After a few minutes, it was clear that God had put them together. They talked of similar backgrounds with their families being Jehovah's Witness. Soon enough the conversation led Joanna to tell her story of God revealing Himself to her through Christ's life, death, and resurrection. She has a vibrant relationship with God. Roodly asks her, "So, you know God personally? How do you have a relationship with Him?" You can see where the conversation was headed, as Joanna was faithful to share the Good News with him. He wanted to pray right then and give his life to Christ. The men met with him today to follow up with him, and will be meeting tonight to talk about what it looks like to walk with God daily as a man.



Phoenix, a student from Denver (yay!), is experiencing God's grace and truth in ways she never has before. She shared with us last night her response to this question: how are you experiencing the gospel this week in new ways?  I loved hearing her timid voice exclaim:
    "I have been understanding more and more how God hates sin, so much so that He died for me to have life. Now I am realizing that before I didn't want a real relationship with God before where I had to surrender to that. I wanted control, and to get away with things. As I have been here, reading God's Word, and sharing with people- Now I want to, IT'S ON! And I want everyone else to experience Him too."


Please be praying for our team, and our last week here. We love you all!

Today

What a day! The summer is bringing such warmth and hints of newness to our souls, after a long season of transition, which of course includes loss, discovery, disillusionment, fear, pain, sin, surprises, and tears. 


Tonight, we went to Park Church...not to the building, but we sat on park benches in our neighborhood with our pastor and his wife. The kids played with newly-made neighborhood friends on the playground. Lightning lit up the sky intermittently, giving us surprises of sight as dusk became deeper. We shared about our year, they offered sweet care, insight, and direction, and prayed for us. They prayed for us on a park bench in the dark in our neighborhood. We left, and as their oldest daughter grabbed my hand to walk, I began to sing, aloud


these words:


I can see morning, I can see morning, I can see morning. 
Just lift up your head, and you will see it too.


I'm now in my bed, thinking over the day. And I looked up the words to that song, by Jill Andrews, an incredible folk singer from my hometown. The lyrics are like a gift to me in this moment, telling me something true.


gotta go
gotta go
gotta find the answer
gotta find
gotta find a way back home
gotta look
gotta look in every direction
till you find
till you find you're not alone

there are people everywhere lookin out for you
holding their hand out for your hand
i hope someday you see 'em there too
standing right beside
right beside of you



[and later on...]


you can say that i've always been wrong
you can say that you're way too far gone
you can tell me to look the other way
you can tell me to stay and i'll stay




I know you can't get into my head to make sense of all that, but something is shaking me. I've felt in many ways like I have lost a sense of who I am, giving the power of that definition away to anyone with a voice. I am slow to grasp the transforming truth that the Lord's voice is the only one that matters. I gotta go find the answer, find a way back home...and as I start, I hear God saying "you're not alone." It will be a long journey, but I want to know His voice again, the One who is Sovereign and reigns over everything. The One who says, and it is so. The One who tells me who I am, and is my identity. 


Brian prayed that the Gospel would be a taproot in our lives, always seeking more and more, growing in depth and root. I want to pray this, too. 

http://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/plant-terms/root-info.htm

just enjoy...

Austin is always the one the background, doing all the work that no one sees. At the last familia dinner of the year, we took a group photo. Austin, of course, took all the great shots. He eventually wanted to be in one, so here's to Austin...he got in the picture. 

To texas and beyond...

Home, sweet, home. We will be heading to Fort Worth tomorrow, driving through beautiful New Mexico & sparse west Texas. We have grown to admire the beauty of the drive, the rock formations as we pass the CO border down into NM and the giant wind farms in Texas. 

I (kayla) have never looked so forward to being home, though Tennessee is still a long way off. As my good friend once wrote, "I miss my family. How do I learn to live with this ache?Is it even right to do that? The same family whose absence leaves a big hole also gives me this slow, low beat that says, 'it will be okay.'" I agree to the utmost. 

It's mother's day, and I long to be with mine. My mother is quiet strength, inward beauty. She is fighter, deep lover. Unceasing prayer, a gentle touch. Gatherer, celebrator, affirmer. What a giver, of affection, mercy, time, teaching. All with such humility that would leave her without regard to herself on any painful day. I am who I am because of her. Momma, I love you. Happy mother's day. 

We will travel steadily over the next two weeks, feel free to check in on our adventures. 

feliz cinco de mayo!

Feliz Cinco de Mayo! I currently hear live ranchera music outside my window at the house, our neighbors know how to celebrate. This year has been a whirlwind, but I have certainly learned a tremendous amount (and also learned to be a learner). There are two things that seem clear to me that I have learned from our students, their families, our neighbors, and the greater Latino community in Denver: celebration and loyalty. I will never be the same for how I have learned from them. I could write for hours on how these things have been shared and communicated to me personally, but I will sit on two things:

1. It may seem uncomfortable, and of course, there is a time and a place for space and separation, but loyalty is valuable, lovely, and Godly. God is invites us into deep intimacy and steadfast love. I believe we have something to learn and see of this in our Latino friends. Let's move past wanting to call them co-dependent (a personal confession, and my biggest fear for those of you who know my past) for a minute, and CELEBRATE the good things. Let's value and learn from our Latino family in being loyal to one another; bringing sacrificial relationship. 

2. We need to dance, sit around, linger, sit around the table sharing stories, eat great food, drink good things, and remember why walking through sorrow is worth the joy. Celebrar!

On a lighter note, Stromboli! 

At familia dinner, our bi-weekly Destino gathering, this week we had everyone make a dish they regularly had growing up. This is how the conversation went with Austin and I as we discussed compromising on a dish:

"My mom always made stromboli when we went to the lake!" -kayla

"I'm ITALIAN!" - austin

It was an easier decision than expected. The stromboli ended up being a hit at the dinner. Thanks, Mom. 

Here are some other photos from the dinner. Enjoy, and Feliz Cinco de Mayo! 

From flautas to swedish bread, mac & cheese to shrimp cocktail...we have a diverse group.

esta semana

Looking ahead...

"We need the resurrection," she spoke gently with tears welling,  "everything is broken, and I am looking ahead to Easter like never before." That's it. As my friend described the brokenness of life around her, and the hope she knows has been won for her, I couldn't help but feel the weight of her words. Our hope, the resurrection of Christ. The One who reconciled us to God, not only in His life & death, but in the finality of His resurrection. 

My heart aches for the coming of our King, to make things right, but mostly to see His face. To hear, "I have loved you, and always will, you are my beloved bride..." Whew. Can you imagine? 

If you don't mind me being vulnerable for a moment: Last night, Austin whispered to me, "K, you are a gift." He has said it a million times before. Just a few minutes earlier I had been praying that God would help me to receive His Love through Austin. This time, it hit me. I heard God saying that I am His prize. Whew. I wept. Immediately. (Austin's face was priceless).

This lenten season we are walking through scripture as a church, each day having different verses- and overall divided into three 'movements'. We are now delving into "reconciliation with God". 

Here are the verses from today: 

2 Corinthians 5:11-21

Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart. For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh.

 Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

and 

Romans 8:1-8 (We are reading this everyday for all 40 days)

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

and a line from Valley of Vision on reconciliation:

...Thou hast taught me the necessity of a Mediator,

   a Messiah,

   to be embraced in love with all my heart,

     as king to rule me,

     as prophet to guide me,

     as priest to take away my sin and death,

   and this by faith in thy beloved Son

     who teaches me

   not to guide myself,

   not to obey myself,

   not to try to rule and conquer sin,

   but to cleave to the one who will do all for me.

Thou hast made known to me

   that to save me is Christ’s work,

   but to cleave to him by faith is my work,

   and with this faith is the necessity of my

     daily repentance

   as a mourning for the sin which Christ

     by grace has removed...

Thanks so much for reading. I hope this encourages you. Here are some photos from the house! 

Dining space; our barely-started curtain project. Note all the chairs have different colored cushions!

A housewarming plant from Carolina's mom, sweet friends...with a view of the living room.

Sharing a bottle of champagne to celebrate the LORD & this house, thanks Shawn & Shayna!!

All of our art, yet to be hung. Perhaps now we have space for all of it?

A MOUND of clothes, ready to be washed! This is what happens when we don't have a washer just yet.

K 

..."can I have this?"

Bright-eyed, dirt on cheeks, full of energy, the two little girls came running up to the porch, to sound the bell we hear every day at about 5 pm. I laugh as I walk to the door, knowing the chaos about to pour into our home. When I asked God to make this our home, feeling less like a temporary house, I did not have this in mind. I chuckle. 8 and 6 years old, our neighbor's kids, they come over to check in and play most days. I pray we get to see them grow up into women who love and delight in the the "One true God, and Jesus Christ whom He has sent". As I sit on my bed this morning, I can hear one of them in her backyard, filling the neighborhood with the sweet sound of children's laughter, welcoming in the ease of a saturday.

We have had quite the week. Moving into the house, hosting several Destino events, a full work week among other crises. Yet, it is well with our souls. We are so thankful. I, Kayla, feel stretched and beyond myself, yet without striving & stress. Thanks be to God.

Austin's brother, Tyler, is in town this weekend. They are shredding up on the mountain today, a long-awaited escape for A in the midst of responsibility here.

I am taking ballet on friday nights. Most of you know, dancing remains a life-long dream. I am enjoying the challenge, though it is so hard!

Last week, as I met with a student in my house, the girls came over again. Chay came into the living room holding a handful of cookies asking, "can I have this?...". After talking about manners & not spoiling our dinner, I stopped and thought about how grateful I am that they could always come to my house for a cookie. If nothing else, I hope we can be a place to escape for a cookie.

Here are some photos from the house (before we moved in) and an overnight we took up to the mountains (to save some sanity)...

It was freezing, but we couldn't miss out on the view of the mountain at night.  Warm coffee helps most things.

Sun peeking in on an early, relaxing morning.

The back patio of the house...where we hope to hold LOTs of barbeques. 

this is it! the front of our house.

Inside, the kitchen.

Living room, where we fit 14 comfortably on wednesday night for Familia dinner with Destino.

First night in the new house!

Our first night in the Umatilla house brought excitement and thankfulness. Austin & I hope so deeply for the community potential in the neighborhood. We have already met several neighbors, all of which have been warm & inviting. One even praised God that we were there, as they have been praying for years for believers to move into the neighborhood! How amazing is our God. When following God to this house, we never could have dreamt for words like those.

Here are some photos from last night! After settling in from church, we sat down and ate tacos from the taco stand outside a carwash just a few blocks away. Gracias taco-guy! 

Creating and sharing of art...

"The creating and sharing of art in community should be one of the hallmarks of the church. These actions can become corporate practices that would not only illuminate the different ways we see God working in the world, but also exercise the rusty creative muscles of believers. Let’s strive to be more imaginative, inventive, and inspiring."  - Redeemer Arts blog, Redeemer Church in New York City

"and she considered Him faithful who had promised..."

The author of Hebrew's describes Sarah of Genesis as one who considered God faithful to hold to His promises. I am a mess, prone to rebel and feed my own self-made gods. By His mercy, though, I want to be one who is marked by considering God has faithful who promised.

This morning I am reading Colossians 1-2, and struck by the same theme, as it is over and over in the Word...

"For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross...

...continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard...

..which is Christ in you, the hope of Glory...

...Let no one disqualify you, insisting on ascetisicm...and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God...

Holding fast, clinging to the Hope that we have in Christ- the One who is faithful and has promised something greater, Himself. This is the life of a believer.

Recently, in church, we have been going through Hebrews- talking over and over about what it means to have faith, holding fast to His promises, believing Him at His word and submitting our life to it. If you are interested in hearing great teaching on what it means to have faith,

I recommend last week's teaching at Park Church by Brian Brown.  http://bbrown.typepad.com/park_church_media/

For today,

Kayla

Where do we even begin...??

6 weeks. Not that long, right? Well, to us it seems it has been a year! So much has happened. We have been floored and surprised by God's mercy, faithfulness, and well, that He is just fun! 

Drum roll please....WE ARE BUYING A HOUSE!! Among other things that have happened in the past few weeks, this is at the forefront. We want God to receive all the glory, for He has provided all of it. We are so excited to be settling into this city, investing in a neighborhood and the good of the community.

Here she is:

In the midst of signing, appraisals, inspections, and all the other house-buying activities, we have also had a great time on campus. Our last familia dinner, this time with a venezuelan theme, was a huge success. Our students continue to impress me as they discuss topics like trust & friendship. God is really working in their lives. We love hosting them, where ever we may be.

This is their hilarious attempt to invite students to dinner, in spanish! We are so thankful for all of you laboring alongside us in prayer for people to trust and live in Christ in Denver.