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Hume

Last weekend we had a real great chance to head up to Hume Lake for some family time.  Bree’s Brother, Sean was graduating from the Joshua Wilderness Institute, which is an intense 9-month College discipleship program run by Hume Lake Christian Camp.  Bree and I are actually alumni from Joshua; we both attended and graduated from the ’05-’06 class. The JWI is designed to help college aged young adults take 9-months out of life their busy hectic lives to truly lean how to draw close to the Lord (without distractions) and understand His calling on they’re lives.

Joshua Wilderness Institute Building in Winter

Along side of Sean’s celebration, we celebrated a rather large milestone.  We celebrated Bree’s mom’s 50th b-day!  She thought we were just there for the weekend from Sean grad…  but to her surprise, we were there for close to a week!  Not only that, but all of her children were there as Bree’s older brother, Ryan, drove down from Idaho with his wife and child!  That was very important because with Bree’s parents being missionaries, we don’t get to have them in the states but every 3-4 years. Needless to say, it was a blast!

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Night Of Worship

Bree and I had an awesome opportunity to be apart of the Night Of Worship with Leeland, Phil Wickham, and Matt Maher at Cornerstone.  It was such a blessing to have those guys around and lead us for the night.   
 
While we were there, I got a phone call from some guys who I used to mentor in years past.  They were at the concert and wanted to meet up.  It turned out to be about 10 or so of the kids that Bree and I had the absolute privilege of leading while they were in Junior Highers in WyldLife (Junior High version of YoungLife).  I cannot tell you how rewarding and fulfilling it is to see the kids of whom you had the chance to pour into… thriving in they’re walks with the Lord.  I felt like I was amongst giants  when I was with them (both spiritually and physically…).  God has “stolen they’re hearts” as Leeland would say it, and they are gearing up to be great vessel for the Lord. 
 
What a great evening.  When you gather God’s community like that and Worship together… it feel as if your spirit gets reinflated again

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Phase One – Complete!

Praise God, we have finally completed our “Phase one” of preparations for our move to NTBI.  We have now:

  • Found a new home for our beloved puppy, Nikko….  Sad day.
  • Moved out of our apartment in Antioch, CA and moved in with Pete’s folks for the summer in Livermore, CA.
  • Sold or given away the furniture/items in which we cannot take to WI.
  • Found Bree a summer job in Livermore.

We are always fans of the “1st phases” to a process as it marks the beginning of progress.  We have a mountain of “phases” yet to come, but we’re on the move!  Thanks for your prayers, love, and support!

-Pete’n’Bree