Look into 2008!

Well 2007 is gone and here we are at 2008!

The years seem to go a little faster as each passes by. 2007 was a great year with several things accomplished.

In our ministry we started a youth band for the youth service. Each week I watch the students grow and be challenged to new levels. They continue to get better as time goes by and I look forward to years from now watching them lead.

We were able to start a Young adults group that Deanna and I lead at our house (I believe we are grandfathered in since we are not young adults!) However its great to get to spend time with them and we are looking forward to 2008 and what God has in store for that ministry.
For me I personally set out to run my first Marathon (Checked it off at a Whopping 5 hours and 28 minutes) I did learn a lot training for it though. First you don't wake up one morning and decide to run one without training. At least I would not recomend it. Our life is like a marathon, Sometimes we want things right now but in reality things we want to accomplish take time and discipline. Each step we take is one closer to our goal. Someday we can look back and say we did accomplish what we sat out to do. However in this life We are not finished.
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perserverance the race marked out for us." Hebrews 12:1 NIV

I hope that God will bless you in 2008! Well gotta Run (really!)