End of a Semester...

Hey everyone,

We really want to thank everyone who has so graciously supported us during these last 6 months in New Jersey/NYC area. We have seen God move here in unprecendented ways as a result of prayer. Thanks so much for everything--for keeping up with us, to encouraging us with random emails, gifts, letters, phone calls, replies, and so much more.

The last Well Gathering was a success. I felt like we have made some good strides in the direction of college ministry having established a solid core of emerging leaders who we have seen grow so much and guests taking part in our gathering every time! Also, our youth Bible studies have given our youth more substance than just social events all the time, and while our youth ministry still has alot of kinks to work out, we feel that its going well. Most importantly, we are also seeing our church slowly but surely grow and the mindset of our leaders is gradually moving towards a more missional/service focus. We have seen our church really extend itself to the Garfield community this year like never before. These are huge prayer requests we have had and have asked you to pray for. All we can say is thank you, but there is still so much work to do. Please continue to journey with us here.

On Wednesday, December 21, we are leaving for Texas. We are driving to save money and because the next month is crazy with conferences, flying and driving back and forth between Dallas, Fort Worth, Nashville, and New York City.

Over the past couple of weeks we have had about 10" total of snow. It's been really cool to see it all. It's weird because it doesn't melt here, it just keeps adding up!!! We took some really cool pictures at a park by our house the other day.

Our Schedule for Christmas:

Justin:

12/21-1/1: DFW

1/2-1/5: Nashville (Passion Conference)

1/6-1/9: New Jersey

1/10-1/15: Dallas

Angela:

12/21-1/1: DFW

1/2-: New Jersey

If you want to hang out, please, please, please let us know. We would love to!

We love you guys. Merry Christmas.

::justin and angela