Update Tuesday - 12/28/10

This past weekend marked a few "lasts" for our family.  It marked our last Christmas with our family in Milton, and Sunday marked my last service as a full time staff member in Milton.   I am not an overly sentimental person and so this week could have gone by just like any other week, without me even noticing at all.  It is good, however, to stop every once in a while to reflect.  Our time in Milton has been so full - full of celebrations and tragedies, excitement and discouragement, victories and defeats, highs and lows, successes and mistakes but through it all a true sense that God was with us, and along with God a community of people we have come to see as family.  We are not disappearing right away but will be spending a few months transitioning out.  For those whom I only really see on Sunday morning, it may not seem very different at all for a while as I intend to be at church in Milton most Sunday mornings as we transition out.  But I do wonder what it will be like as behind the scenes we begin to move out, spend less time working on the specific details of the Milton ministries, and work to equip others to do it.
Although we continue to pray daily from Luke chapter 10 (see here for details), we would as for specific prayers as we enter into our time of transition.
1) Please pray for Milton - that God would be stirring in hearts and raising people up not just to fill the spots that we may leave, but fill all the needs of the church and all its ministries as it continues to grow and thrive and serve its community.
2)  Please pray for my time - although we are not in Hamilton as of yet, there is much that I can do in Hamilton in  preparation.  Please pray for guidance to discern where and how I should direct my time and attention as we prepare for our arrival this year.
3)  Please pray for the preparation and sale of our house.  Today I buy paint!
4)  Please continue to pray for the right house in Hamilton - our house will be a key connection to our community as well as serve as the centre of our ministry.
Thanks to all who have been praying and supporting us as we begin this new phase of ministry.