NavImpact

I'm really really enjoying Doctrine by Driscoll & Breshears.  Here's another reason why it's well worth the time and effort to read it.

"In most religions the holiest men are those who are most separated from culture and sinners.  They live as monks and the like in remote areas, away from average people.  Conversely, Jesus Christ came into the mess of human history and spent time in community with believers and unbelievers alike.  Subsequently, religious people who separated themselves from sinners and cultures were prone to denounce Jesus for the kind of company he kept."

"Jesus is a better Noah who brings judgment of sin, salvation by grace to the family of God, and a new world free of sin and its effects. Jesus is a better Abraham, the blessing to the nations of the earth. Jesus is a better Moses as God's prophet who fulfilled the law for us, allows God's wrath to pass over us because of his shed blood, conquered our pharaoh of Satan, redeemed us from sin, and journeys with us toward home despite our sin and grumbling. And Jesus is a better David who is seated on a throne ruling as the King of kings and is coming again to establish his eternal and global kingdom of peace and prosperity."
From Doctrine by Mark Driscoll & Gerry Breshears.

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We're hosting the UWEC Navs summer Bible study at our house tonight.  We're excited to be able to have students in our home!  Please pray with us for a fruitful discussion.

Norah Kate was born 6/17 @ 1AM.  She was 7lbs 3oz and 20.5 inches long.  She and Jess are doing very well.  Big brother Liam is very excited for her to come home today!


Jess and I are also celebrating our 6th anniversary today.  What a great present!  Thank you for your prayers!  God is so good!

No baby yet!  We're praying that she'll be born soon.

Jess just got back from a checkup.  The doctor predicted that our little girl would be born by the end of this weekend!  We'll see how accurate the prediction is.  :)

You can probably tell by the lack of new posts on here that we've been busy getting settled in Eau Claire.  The Lord was so good to us with the move. 

Our latest newsletter is in the mail with updates and prayer requests for the Summer.  If you'd like to receive our quarterly updates, please let me know.

The moving truck, along with most of our stuff, is now in Wisconsin!  The rain held off on Saturday until 10 minutes after we shut the door of the truck - praise God!  So, nothing got wet - other than Liam and several of the students.:)   Pouring rain is too much fun to stay out of sometimes! 
      We're staying with our coworkers and dear friends, the Hubbards, this week and are in the midst of taking care of last minute details and saying goodbye.  We have been SO blessed by the Nav students, our church, our family, and our friends these last few days!  We feel so loved, supported, and covered in prayer as we embark on this next adventure!  Thank you everyone!!!   You are truly God's grace to us!
     Wednesday we'll load up a few remaining things in a trailer; Thursday morning we close on our house sale here in Champaign and head half-way to Eau Claire!  And Friday we'll arrive in EC and start the unloading and unpacking process! 

In a couple hours we'll be picking up the moving truck!  Students and friends are coming over in the afternoon to help us load the truck.  Please pray for all of us today as we pack.