February 24

Hello, church family! This week we will cover chapters 11, 12 & 13. Also, we will just be eating rice for dinner. Hopefully this will put us in a new mindset, allowing us to appreciate the wonderful food we are blessed with every day. We will also be more aware of how much money we can save when we don't have a buffet for dinner. Matt and I normally would spend about $3-8 for our part of dinner so that's how much we will save on Tuesday. We will either bring the $3-8 on Tuesday to combine with other couple's savings to donate somewhere (Monica's uncle in Colorado, the Bible translating organization, etc.), keep it and consider it money that we saved, or add it to a donation going to one of the organizations that we support as a couple. Please pray about what the rice dinner means to you and your spouse and act on what you feel lead to do.

The Malouf's are providing the rice and we will have water to drink.

Can't wait to see you all this week! What a blessing you are to us!

Jill

February 17

Hey Everyone! Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you are all having a great day so far and having fun with your spouses.

I wanted to go ahead and post for Tuesday to make sure everybody has time to read. Next week (17th) we will be covering four whole chapters (chapters 7, 8, 9 and 10). I am going to become not-so-popular if I keep assigning so much reading, but it is only 30 pages....we can make it. Many of you have already read that far anyways. Right?

I'm excited that everyone is enjoying the book. Look forward to seeing everyone Tuesday night!

Matt

***Info on food coming soon. Let us know if you have any ideas.***

February 10

Hi, everyone! This Tuesday we will not cover the reading. Instead, we will have Melodee and Murray Papke coming to share with us why missions is important and how to make it a part of our lives. They have been partnering with Roca Blanca Mission Base for several years. You can check out the website at www.rocablanca.org. Matt will also remember to bring the Chatino and Amuzgo audio Bible for your listening pleasure.

Italian is our dinner theme! Please post what you can bring. Matt and I can bring a crockpot of spaghetti sauce if others can bring pasta or ravioli!

Can't wait to see everyone again!

Jill

February 3

Hey, all! We are excited to see everyone again after the snow holiday. We will pick up where we left off - fun night and a brief chapter 6 review. The potluck idea still sounds awesome. Matt and I can bring some cornbread and maybe something else.

See you soon!

Icy Roads

Hey Everybody! It looks like we are going to have to cancel lifegroup tonight. The roads are bad and it doesn't look like things are going to get better any time soon. More than likely we will have a fun night next week, but we'll figure that out as time gets closer.

Everybody be safe and have an ice day :)

***My gosh is that witty or what! I just crack myself up!***

hey guys!!

this week we'll be doing an old fashioned pot luck.



comment and tell us what you're bringing...we'll need a main dish or two, some sides, some drinks and some desserts.

kevin and i will bring a pitcher of sweet tea and some cookies[or dessert of some kind].

don't forget we will be discussing chapter 6 of the book, then having a FUN NIGHT of games. we may have some new couples this week, and if that's you, just read over the last few posts to get the idea! looking foward to good food and fellowship.

peace out.

Bible Translations

Here are two websites for those of you interested in Bible translation. This one: http://www.ethnologue.com/country_index.asp has pretty much every language on the planet researched. It tells how many people speak the different languages and where they are located. It's really neat if you get the chance to look at it.

Wycliffe is the organization that is working on translating the Bible in different languages. Really cool.

http://www.wycliffe.org/

We'll see you all next Tuesday for fun night and chapter 6 review at the Malouf's house!

Jill