A New Addition

Hey everyone,


9.26.05
We have some exciting news! We have a new puppy! Her name is Kyleigh (pronounced ky-lee)and she is an 8 week old beagle puppy. We picked her up on Friday, so the last few days have been crazy trying to train her, get her adjusted to her new home, and take care of her. She likes to howl around 3 a.m. and chew on shoes.

In other news, The Well is going strong. We are through our third week of weekly gatherings and halfway through our teaching series, "what is love?" It's been a lot of fun and hard work. The Lord is certainly blessing it as we recently have seen two Well attendees give their life to the Lord. We have also have seen a core group of people get excited about spiritual transformation of a community(s) around them. Last week, we took the first step in reaching out as we handed out about 750 "rave cards" to students at Felician College nearby. If nothing else was gained, our students are beginning to catch a vision for what we see here in NJ.




Kyleigh just hangin' out...





Angela is into her fourth week as a 1st grade teacher and going strong. Please pray that she would get some rest before long. Our biggest prayer request right now is just for our time and energy. It seems that the busiest time of my week is Saturday and Sunday and hers is the rest of the week and so it is hard for her to recoop on the weekends like other teachers.

To add to the time strain, I began seminary classes about two weeks ago and am already behind. Fortunately, my self-paced online class is taking fall break so there are no new assignments this week, so i can use the next week to play catch up.

We love you guys. Thank you for your commitment to our ministry and our lives. We know that God is answering prayers for us and for this place and for our church.

For His glory,

justin and angela

A Big Week!!!

Hey everyone,

We are in the middle of one of the biggest week in our ministry here! We are in the process of launching The Well, a ministry you have heard about for some time now, but are in the home stretch of launching as a public gathering! This Sunday we are holding the first official public gathering at BCI! We have done a lot over the summer to help publicize this gathering and build unity with the college students and young adults in our church, and now the time has come to officially begin outreach to the campuses and communities surrounding BCI.

Our first message series is entitled, "What is love?" and will focus on the way the world looks at love versus the way God looks at love. We are very excited as we have nailed down most of our plans for the next few weeks. Also, we now have a very talented worship band to lead us. But most importantly, The Well is something our college students and young adults are taking ownership over and really promoting it among their friends.

Also, The Well is adopting a social cause every quarter. The first social cause we are promoting through financial giving, prayer, and service is to help out the victims of Hurricane Katrina. If you would like to help out this cause, please click on this picture:





This has also been a huge week for us as Angela started teaching today! She is teaching first grade at Abundant Life Academy about 10 minutes away in Nutley, NJ. Please continue to lift up our ministry here in the Garden State and in the NYC metro area. Also, please let us know how you are doing, especially if we haven't talked to you in a while. We really miss everyone in Texas!

For His glory,

Justin