Been Awhile

It's been some time since we last posted anything, almost a year. My goal is to post something a little more frequently than that. But I can't promise anything, I'm a lazy blogger. I get ideas that I want to write about but don't like sitting down and actually getting them done. Maybe some of the others that have access to this blog will write occasionally too.

So let's take a brief look at what's happened in this past year.

Our numbers have held pretty steady 60 -80 depending on time of year, weather, etc. Wednesday night classes have settled into a pretty calm routine for the most part. There's always a little chaos involved and the occasional very irritating pulling of a fire alarm.

We held our second Community Day in March. We learned a lot from our first one, scaled back on some things, expanded on others and eliminated some entirely. Everything ran smoothly, had good weather again and got to interact with more families from the communities. Don't remember any of the actual numbers but we had quite a few more visitors than the year before.

We sent kids to Green Valley Bible Camp again during D.A and Laura Frost's week. This year 2 of our repeat campers (Dominique & Shaniqua) were baptized. If you're a facebook friend of Laura's be sure and check out the video's.

We also started a Community Garden this year. It has not gotten off to great start, a combination of getting a late start, a horribly hot summer, rabbit problems and me being the organizer. But I'm not ready to give up on it yet, hopefully I can keep it going until a real gardener with some organizational skills sees the potential good that can come from this steps in (this is what I do, keep an idea alive long enough til someone with the right skills to do it better comes along).

This past Wednesday we had our first Back to School Supply Night. It was a great success. We provided school supplies to 155 kids from 39 different schools. It was also a good time to visit with some of their parents. A big thank you to all involved.

Starting in September the 1st thru 5th grades will hop on The Kingdom Express,the education departments revamped Wednesday night bible class experience. Should provide a great learning environment for all our children at Levy.

That's a quick overview of what's been happening.

I do have an idea for something new that I'll try to post about soon.

Later. Mark