Numbers, Showers and Jesus

Isaiah is really learning his numbers! He has counted all the way to 10 more than once. Tonight, Chris had “21” on his shirt. He was changing Isaiah and Isaiah pointed to the 1 and said “one!” Then he pointed to the 2 and said “two!” We knew he had memorized the names of numbers, but we had no idea that he also recognized number symbols. Last night, Chris was praying with Isaiah before bed. He was having Isaiah repeat after him to pray. He said, “Say, ‘Thank you for…'” and Isaiah said, “five, six.”

Our church always has co-ed wedding and baby showers. We’re not sure why we do it that way, because the guys always complain (even though they come). We had a baby shower for our pastor’s secretary, yesterday. Chris experienced a major milestone in life. He won his first door prize at a shower! They had a game where they lined up six of the guys and gave each of them a baby bottle full of orange juice, and whoever downed it first was supposed to be the winner. It turned out to be harder than they expected, and a couple of guys ran out of patience. They figured out ways to beat the system, so they got disqualified. Chris managed to drink the most, so he won! We have a Glade car air freshener in our Jeep to prove it .

It seems like God is really stirring things up in our church and we’re very excited about it! There is a fresh intensity in both our youth church and “big” church. The presence of God can be felt in our times of worship, and you can tell people are breaking though! I’ve also noticed that our prayer times before our Sunday AM services have also really intensified. People are sharing testimonies with us of how God is enabling them to put the Word into action in their day-to-day lives. It’s very exciting and I can’t wait to see where He is going to take us!