Keri's testimony

I mentioned a while back that our church is without a pastor. On Sunday mornings for the past two months we have either had a guest speaker or our Life Stage pastor had preached. Sundays have really been great and our church is thriving despite the loss of the pastor. A few months ago our Life Stage pastor asked Keri to share his testimony on a Sunday morning. Keri was more than willing, so last Sunday he shared and was 'preacher for a day'. God has gifted Keri to be an amazing teacher, leader, and communicator and he did an awesome job! I'm proud of his willingness to share his story and step up and fill a need for the church last week.







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my man's new truck

The past year has held lots of vehicle woes for us. First my Honda Odyssey needed a new transmission and other costly repairs. We decided to wait as long as we could to sell it and Keri graciously traded me his Tahoe so I would not have to drive an unreliable van. (this was about 2 weeks before Brock was born by the way). There finally came a day in December when Keri felt the van's transmission was about to bite the dust. So we sold it to Car Max and lived with one vehicle for a while. A few weeks later Keri borrowed his dad's truck and we were blessed to be able to use that for a few months while we saved some money. We were thrilled when Keri's dad came home from Iraq early, but that meant we had to find another vehicle quickly. Keri's grandfather had an extra car that we used for about 6 weeks. This summer it became clear to us that we needed to go ahead and purchase something for Keri. The question was should we buy him a $2000 junk car (a la Dave Ramsey) or should we spend a little more to get something that he could keep for 10+ years?



We decided to pay a little more money now so we could keep this truck for a long while. We were afraid of all the problems that come along with a $2000 car and decided this would be best for our family right now.



I'm so excited for Keri to have a truck again. He has worked so hard this year, even taking on a second (or should I say third?) job to provide for our family. He has sacrificed so much and it makes me smile to see him pull up every night in his big red truck.