KP: Getting Settled

KP Writes:

Wow! We have now been back to Kansas City for almost two weeks. The Prices are doing well. We have moved out of the rental house and now have all of our belongings under one roof for the first time in 10 months. That feels good! We are by no means unpacked, but our beds are up, the kitchen is in working order, the washer and dryer are hooked up, and we have found our towels and shampoo. The basics are covered. (And yes, we miraculously found the hardware to attach the refrigerator door!! Thank you, Lord! Refrigeration is very good!!)

Jeff is getting more familiar with the customer service area and beginning to meet many of the people in the various departments. (I'll let him write more in that regard) He has a totally new prayer room schedule with many more daytime hours. (As a family we have had a mostly 6pm-midnight schedule since Intro.)

Ashton and Mallory are in their second week of ATC (Awakening Teen Camp). It culminates this weekend with the Fascinate '09 conference which is a high school conference after Psalm 119:37. Basically it is a conference with teens from all over the nation in attendance who desire to consecrate their hearts in radial pursuit of Jesus. One of the emphasis of the conference is that 'the time has come for a generation to turn away their eyes from looking at worthless things and look to the beauty of the King'.

I have been treasuring my time in the prayer room to just get still before the Creator of the universe. It was great to be home and visit everyone, but it is wonderful to be back before the Lord in the place He has called me to be, ministering in the way He directs. I have had the awesome privilege of walking along side a precious friend who is struggling. The Lord laid it on my heart that in this season I am to be one of her "stretcher bearers". It is my prayer for each of us that we will not be too busy or consumed with the things of life, good things, to be the stretcher bearers for fellow believers who become tired, weak, sick, downcast, discouraged, unable to to walk the walk and approach the throne on their own. We need each other. The enemy knows it and strategically provides plenty of opportunity to keep us too busy. Too busy to spend time with Jesus. Too busy to be a stretcher bearer.

It is time for some unpacking....

Love you,
Kristian