March Update

Well, it's already well into March. The weather has been crazy here just lately. Last Sunday we had a downfall of snow and this Sunday the temperature was around 80 degrees! LOVE IT!

Last week we enjoyed being able to go to the Leadership Conference in Missouri. We had a GREAT time with PJ Smyth, Terry Virgo and John Lanferman sharing some superb teaching. Our good friends, Josh and Casey stayed in our house and looked after Rhiana, Jordan and the cats!!! While we were away they all went to see the Harlem Globetrotters and had a blast!

Rhiana has continued to recover from her Chiari surgery and is no longer experiencing any headaches - praise God! She is, however, experiencing increasing back pain and has to use a wheelchair when we are out and about, doing a lot of walking. She also decreased lung capacity and has a breathing treatment. This is due to the severity of the curve, which now measures over 60 degrees. This week she is due to see both a Pulmonologist and a Cardiologist who will, hopefully, clear her for surgery on the 6th April. Since the curve is very close to the heart and lungs, they need to make sure that surgery will not put her at any real risk. We would really appreciate your prayers at this time. As you can imagine, we are anxious for her and are not looking forward to seeing her go through more major surgery but we are trusting God and really seeking His strength at this time. Rhiana is doing really well with it all and is very much looking forward to growing at least 2 inches post-op!

Jordan is heading into his Soccer season and looking forward to a goal scoring record! He has enjoyed this past year at school and is doing extremely well in all his subjects but has to admit to loving Math SO much that he dreams about it!!!! (We still are not quite sure where he gets that from!) He still spends most of his spare time out in the cul-de-sac with a crowd of other kids, building camps, playing in the Creek, chasing lizards, playing four-square (!) and generally just enjoying the wonderful weather! It's a hard life!

The church is continuing to grow! Praise the Lord! We are now gathering approximately around 100 people each week and regularly have guests show up, mainly through REVIVE.

Trev is enjoying his role on the Leadership Team and is now overseeing the kids work, running our Community Group and working full time as Manager at REVIVE.

Tracy is enjoying singing in the Worship Team, being a part of the Welcome Team, has recently joined the Creative Planning Team (great fun!!!) and is leading the initiative with the poor in our Community (hopefully this will soon have a name!) We are currently supporting 3 families/individuals and are really enjoying getting to know them better. All of them have attended either the Sunday service or our Community Group and we are confident that God has more in store for each of them!

We love you all and thank you for your continued support. Have a wonderful Easter!