Wednesday, October 27, 2010
A day of "lasts"
I preached my final sermon at Life Church last Sunday. It was an exhausting, emotional day, but we felt God move and we (the Cash family) felt well-loved! If you want to listen to the sermon podcast, click here. (If that link will not work, you can go to the Life Church podcast page instead.) My sermon is all about the adventure--the faith, trust, risk, and loss of control it takes to truly follow Christ. I also shared some of my story and what God has done in my heart to bring me to where I am today. For those of you who are unfamiliar, Ithaca is a very secular, intellectual city, home to Cornell University and Ithaca College. It's at the southern tip of Cayuga Lake, one of the Finger Lakes. I cannot speak with any authority on the personality of the community but I will certainly keep you posted as we learn about our new home!This week we are consumed with getting ready to move. We had another showing of our house last night (fingers crossed!) so had to put off packing until after that. Today & tomorrow are packing days, then Friday is loading day, and Saturday is moving day!
Please continue to pray for:
- The sale of our house
- Daniel's job search
- The details of moving this week
- Ethan's preschool--I found out there is a wait list of over 100 kids to get into Pre-K. I am going to look into some private preschools to see if there is any way we can get him in--otherwise we're homeschooling this year to prepare for Kindergarten. (That will be a huge challenge for me!)
Thanks for all who prayed, sent cards, and asked about Daniel's grandpa. We did drive down to Georgia Sunday night and arrived back home Friday night (it's about 18-20 hours of driving one way). We put about 3,000 miles on our van in the last week! We were glad to spend that unexpected time with the family and I think Pappy & Nonnie (Daniel's parents) especially enjoyed seeing their grandchildren!
Sunday, October 17, 2010
And so it begins...
Welcome friends! We established this blog so that we could keep our family, friends, supporters, and prayer partners updated on the work that God is doing in Ithaca. October 30 is Moving Day, and then we will begin our lives in Ithaca, becoming a part of the community, making friends, getting to know people and personalities, and sharing the light & love of Jesus however He allows.
As I write this, it is our second-to-last Sunday at Life Church in Watertown. We just returned from a great district pastors' retreat and now I feel like the next two weeks are going to go by in a whirlwind. It's hard to believe our entire lives will look different in just a couple of weeks. If you are so inclined, here are some of our prayer needs right now:
- The sale of our house in Watertown
- Daniel will be applying for jobs next week; currently he is looking at working at EMS or another outdoor/bike/ski store
- I am getting certified as a Zumba instructor on November 11; pray that I find a place(s) to teach and minister at the same time
In addition, we received the news that Daniel's grandfather, Jim Cash, went home to be with Jesus early this morning. We will likely be traveling to Georgia to be with our family this week.
Thanks for reading, and we'll keep you posted on this exciting adventure God is leading us into.
~Amanda
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