Australian Friend

Yesterday I talked with a girl from Australia that had just moved to the states.
She told me what it was like moving here and the differences....
I talked with her while folding clothes in the laundry mat....I couldn't believe that we had talked for over an hour!
The entire time something inside of me was saying...you need to witness to her.
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes..." Rom. 1:16
Sure enough she said that 'religion' was not big in her country. I told her where her hope had to lie and the only way to find true happiness! I am so glad for the opportunity to talk and get to know this girl from Australia.
I have to be faithful to God's promptings!!

LESS THAN 2 WEEKS

LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TILL I AM UP IN THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH!
*JUMPING *SKIPPING AND *SINGING ...

Merry Christmas from the South!

Here is a little video I created for all our friends up North! Enjoy! ~Jon

God's blessing to us!!!

Coffee Shop

I am sitting in my favorite coffee shop today thinking...

Of how important it is for me to be far from the ones I love even though it's not easy.
It helps me to put ALL my faith in GOD for everything.
I have been thinking about Job and how he had everything, but then lost EVERYTHING he had. He wasn't just far away from the one's he loved, no, God took them away completely yet he said
'I have brought nothing into this world and can take nothing out.' It's like he was saying, 'Lord whatever you want with me and my family, it is ok .'
He trusted that his Creator new best in every situation even if it meant taking all that he had.
Job is someone that was faithful to what God had for Him.

"I HAVE BROUGHT NOTHING INTO THIS WORLD, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.." 1 Timothy 6:7