Well it has been about 9 months since I last wrote… In some ways it seems like a lifetime ago.
Seeing as how so much can change in 9 months I thought I would just give a quick update on where we are and what we are up to… in short… all that has changed.
We now live in Apple Valley, CA … the town I grew up in. God provided a home for us with a lot work that needed / still needs to be done, and a lot of room for our family to grow.
Speaking of a growing family… we are doing just that. We are expecting our first boy, Benjamin Steele, sometime in Mid-February. Cassie and I are both excited, and the girls (Elizabeth is almost 4, and Abigail is 2) are excited to have a little brother.
Along with spending our weekends working on the house and enjoying our new neighborhood we have also recently started a Bible Study in our home. We both felt that God was leading us to simply “open up our home” to anyone who He brings along and provide a place where people can spend time in The Word together.
One great blessing has been that my friend of 25 years, Ricky Huff, and his family have also been able to be a part of starting this home fellowship with us. It has been a breath of fresh air to study God’s Word with such a close and loving friend, one who is “like a brother” in every sense of the word.
2011 was a year of many ups and downs for our family, both immediate and extended. In everything, God has held us close. He has indeed continued to be our Rock and Comfort.
I am excited to see what God has for the New Year. I see Him working in the lives and hearts of so many around us that I am encouraged to press on, learning to walk with Jesus day by day (like my cousin Geoff, who is literally walking the country telling people of Jesus’ love for them).
I don’t really have a “plan” for what I will write about this year… probably just a mixture of topics as I am not doing any “focused” studies outside of our Bible Study right now. I do, however, have a few ideas for starting up again.
Happy New Year’s to you and to yours, may you walk with Jesus this year, may you experience the freedom, life, and love that only He can provide, and may you work out your salvation with fear and trembling in 2012.
