We spent the weekend with Ange’s parents in Kokomo and then headed east to Gas City, IN where we lead worship at Exit 59 Church. We love it any time we get to go to Exit 59, because they’re such a warm, tender church and their pastor, Darren Campbell is someone I look up to quite a bit. I’ve never been in front of a church that sang so LOUD either. It was awesome and joyful.

The reason we wanted to go spend time with them is that they’ve decided to “adopt us” as we head out to Northern Ireland in a lot of practical and personal ways. It’s a scary thing to uproot your life and move it oversees, so it feels good to have a group of people on this side of the pond who are praying for us and interested in what God is doing through us. That’s as important as our part, I think.

Another really meaningful thing is that during the service, Darren and Nancy washed our feet as a symbolic gesture of service towards us and the people of Northern Ireland. Part of why this was so meaningful is that we believe “foot washing” (not literally, but in the sense of sacrificial, no-strings-attached service) is a big part of our calling. I want to post more about that later, but in the mean time, suffice it to say that we felt loved by Exit 59 and loved by our Lord, who gently speaks in a thousand ways.

Thanks so much, guys. We love you.

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