My week

Let me tell you about the past week in my life! I am a part of a church plant called Vintage. This year we are in the process of planting a new campus in Metairie that my family and I have become involved in. We have been doing a lot of remodeling in the church building and have had some mission teams to help with construction. My husband went Monday to go help and by Tuesday he volunteered me to come help paint.

This past week we had three church groups come down from Mississippi totaling about 150 people. Brother Troy, one of the pastors, offered for some of the youth girls to help watch our ten month old. He got passed around to every person there, including Mr. Burlon who ended up giving him tea, coffee AND frosted mini wheats. But I guess with all the grandparents Nehemiah has, that's not the worst thing he has eaten or will eat.

Kristie was in charge of the construction. She was this wonderful woman originally from Wisconsin, so she had this northern accent with some random southern drawl thrown into it. I don't know how she stayed sane with all these people coming up asking questions constantly. I heard her say, at one point towars the end of the week, that she couldnt't even remember her own name except for the fact that she keeps hearing it every three seconds!

God did some amazing things this week! They had a VBS in the mornings. We got to see FOUR salvations! Brother Troy came running through the church and hollered at everyone working in the auditorium about it. On Thursday we had a block party and had a good turn out. We met a few people who seemed real interested in Vintage and what we were doing in the city.

Personally though, I have never been so blessed by a group of people that I just met. Brother Troy's group decided to find someone in need that they could help out while they were here. Out of all the people that needed help and all the things that needed to be done, they chose our family. This group of mostly high school kids took up a love offering for us. The relief on Chris' face when brother Troy gave that envelope to him. We are now going to be able to pay our bills this month. I can not tell you what that feels like. We were in a place of great need financially and God answered that prayer. He used this awesome group of people that we spent a week with to take care of us when we needed help. I am so thankful.

If you would like to check out Vintage and all we are doing, visit our website Vintage Church and please visit us on Sunday mornings! I would love to meet you!