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April 2007 Update
Hey, thanks for taking a few minutes to check in with us!

Sorry, its been so long since our last update. We have
been really staying busy.

Thankful Moments...
The Lord has been taking such good care of us while being back in Toledo. When we wrote to you last we had just moved into our home in south Toledo. We've been here for a couple months now and are enjoying it so much! Our favorite thing about the house is our cute little fenced in yard! We are so thankful to have the luxury of our own backyard again! If your looking for us and can't find us this summer...try our backyard!

We are also thankful that the boys have finally adjusted to the three of them sharing a bedroom. The baby cries himself to sleep and no one seems to notice anymore!
Living in an igloo can't be fun...
The house we are staying in is an old house without insulation in the walls. Needless to say, sleeping in our bedroom felt just about as cold as sleeping outside during those cold winter nights we had. Seriously, we had like layers of clothes on and about four blankets on our bed...we are thankful for the warmth and sunshine!


Whats been keeping us so busy?
WORK:
We praise the Lord for supplying us with many people from our home church that need repairs or remodeling done to their homes. Aaron has been very busy and its been such a blessing being able to have income while continuing to build relationships with people in our church.

CHURCH:
When we returned to Toledo we met with our pastor and his wife to share with them our hearts. Hearts that were willing to serve in any area or ministry we could. Since that meeting it has been really neat seeing God reveal some different areas if ministry that we could serve in!

Aaron has been working on repairing and building many projects at the church. He is on the "mowing for Jesus" team, serving on the praise team again, and serving on the missions ministry team. He also has been a huge help and blessing to me in my areas of ministry!

Jamithy has been blessed with the opportunity to take over and organize the nursery and toddler ministries at church. Our family has been able to spend a lot of time working together to help create a more welcoming area for our church family and visitors. Last year the Lord brought a new youth and children's pastor to our church and we are currently trying to get all of our programs to work with our new ministry...called "The Rivers Edge". Aaron and I have just about completed drawing and painting some murals in our nursery area. The nursery was plain and has been in need of some things to make it appealing to the small children using the room. We were also asked if we would be willing to do some wall murals in two other sections in our church too. It is a huge honor to be able to be a part of this ministry and seeing God really use it to glorify Him! We've seen the faces of our church families and visitors light up already!
While serving on the missions ministry team we have both been busy creating monthly missions videos for our church's missions wall, contacting and helping to organize a list of our church missionaries for current prayer needs. I have also been serving on the praise team and the church's cleaning team.

Upcoming Ministries/Outreach opportunities:
This summer we hope to get a chance to serve in our children's church ministry, our "adopt a flower bed" ministry (each family/group can serve for a month to keep the church grounds clean and weed free), and our many summer outreach events.

Hobbies!!! What do we all do for fun?
Well, Aaron is coaching both the Austin and Ethan's
soccer teams this year! We have practices on Tuesdays and games on Saturdays. Aaron is a great coach and is teaching the kids more than just soccer. He is taking time each week to teach the kids and build their character by giving them practical things they can work on (like helping others) each week at home! Aaron seems to love it an really enjoys having time with the kids!

Tennis and Guitar School...
Thanks to our pell grant I was able to learn how to play tennis at our community college. The course was an 8 week course. I really enjoyed it and would like to take it again during the summer semester. Aaron and I hope to play some buddies of ours at church!
I am still working on playing the guitar..I love it but because I'm so busy its taking a long time to learn how to play songs... I'll get it...I'm just trying to make sure and practice at least 15-30 minutes a day. I have been working with Eric Roberts who started a christian online guitar school called "8chords 100 songs". Its great! Its working! and... its really affordable! I would recommend it to anyone who would like to learn to play the guitar. For a year I have searched for something that offered all this! http://www.worshiptheking.com Now that its warm I've been able to take it out and practice on the front porch!

When we can, we love to stay active...playing any and all kinds of sports!