ACF Christmas Party!

Last night was our final ACF large group meeting of the year. What a night! We had about 50 students in our little apartment! I have never seen so much food fly off the counter so fast. Students came dressed as their favorite Christmas song or in an ugly sweater.

Here is a slideshow of the nights festivities.

Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser

Our students hosted a spaghetti dinner on Saturday night to raise money for scholarships to attend a couple upcoming conferences. It was exciting to see them take hold of an idea and work so hard to make the time so fruitful! Our 3 previous attempts to raise money (car washes) were ALL rained out-- we knew rain couldn't hold us back this time. But SNOW could! It wasn't much (2-3") but enough to keep some folks from coming out. In all, about 25 people joined our students to hear about ACF and the conferences (Urbana and Jubilee). Several students spoke about the impact the fellowship had on their lives and what they hoped to learn from the conferences.

For the low turnout, we were thrilled to have raised $570... and a few more folks want to send checks! Praise God for the great time!

This is what we do on our nights off!

Wednesday nights are fun around here. It is one of the few nights that we don't have students over, so we have a good time together as a family! Here is a pic of Greg and the kids goofing off tonight.

Enjoy!

Something for which to be Thankful

One of the students from ACF was baptized last Sunday at a local church!
Check out the Video.

Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser

Check out this awesome video Greg put together to promote the ACF Spaghetti fundraiser dinner.



Anyone in town should come and hear about all the amazing things the Lord is doing in the lives of the students in ACF.

Dec 5th 5:30-7:30 at Faith Community Church in Roslyn.

If you can't make it to the dinner but would like to contribute to the scholarship fund click on the donate link below.

Joy in Suffering

I continue to be amazed at how the Lord works in my life "according to His good purpose" (Phil 2:13) In my own study time I have been studying the fruit of the spirit. This week I am learning about Joy.

One of the concepts I am learning is that Joy is "the supernatural result which flows from the glorious discovery of our Lord and Savior in every circumstance where we wish to find him."

Did you catch the word EVERY?

In prep for my Tuesday night study with the girls (as I like to call them)I have been looking at Acts 16:16-40. This passage describes the beating and imprisonment of Paul and Silas. This is a very familiar passage. I can still remember Sunday school lessons with the flannel board cut outs of Paul and Silas in prison praising the Lord.

Paul and Silas discovered the power of God through difficulty. How encouraging to recognize the strength to stay! Because he did the Jailer and his entire family have their names written in the Lamb's book of life!

Here is a video I am going to show tonight about one woman's story of suffering.



Jer 29:13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Seek and find the Lord...discover Joy.

Contest

Below is a picture Greg's mom took of Cole while they were here taking care of the kids in October. It makes me laugh every time I look at it.

100 awesomeness points goes to someone who can come up with the best caption...Leave a comment below.