Sunday Night Reflections
Hey it's Sunday night already again - can't believe how fast Sunday nights roll around The summer rythym is much different than the school year – I love it but it is hard to keep up at times, like blogging. I usually blog at night but during the summer it seems we are out almost every night so it is hard to keep up a daily entry but I will keep trying! Just a few thoughts on the day and whats coming down the road....
New Experiences
This week has been a little crazy. Both Carlee and Caleb are experiencing their first Sports Camp environment. Carlee is going to Kenmore West girls basketball camp and Caleb is going to Jim Kelley's Football Camp of course it is a new threshold of many things they are working through – pain, frustration with teammates, exhaustion, not being able to do what is being asked of them to do, not performing up to their...
Convoy of Hope
One of the things that I have asked the Lord to help us with as we have launched Elmwood is to help us partner with existing churches and ministries to help serve and love this community. Of course God is always faithful and there is a great opportunity for us to jump in and help serve those in need in our city. On August 11 Convoy of Hope www.convoyofhope.org is rolling into the Westside of Buffalo. This is an incredible ministry...
EchoLoud
Several weeks ago we passed out orange wrist bands to all of our students. I have been meaning to post the meaning behind "EchoLoud" but keep forgetting so here it is. The EchoLoud band was inspired by a line in the movie Gladiator. Maximus is about to lead his Calvary into battle and he says, "Brothers, what we do in life ECHOS into eternity." We believe that our lives EchoLoud in eternity for the...
Sunday Night Reflections
Is it possible to have a more beautiful day then we had today in wonderful Western NY?! We got to hang out this afternoon with our neighbors as they had a graduation party for their son. So cool how God brings people into your lives that just months before you didn't even know they existed. That is also how I feel about the growing community of people God is bringing into our lives through Elmwood. Every Sunday we are seeing a lot...