Well the long awaited time of truth has arrived: We're having a girl! Alas, Siena is going to have some competition for her princess throne. Another girl, wow. Jonathan, if we're done at 3 kids, is going to be the baby boy.

This last Saturday we did our first ever fund-raiser here in SC. We're going to Mexico to build a house for some homeless people this summer & need some duckets to get there, so, on with the carwashes! It was great. I love being out there telling people about who we are & what we're doing. Too, Janine scored a table for us at a Farmer's Market & we're hoping to get donations for: cookies, salsa, & home roasted fair-trade organic Mexican coffee! Once again, it is awesome to get out there with the peeps.

My manager's dad came to church yesterday because she told him he should check it out. How cool is that?

We're all doing good. We keep "inviting & including," which can become a little difficult at times. A lot of inviting & not too many people show up, but nothing new there. People are showing up & sticking. I guess I'm very thankful for the health of our church, since I hear of more church plants failing (especially those starting with small teams) in Santa Cruz than succeeding. In fact, the Vineyard church in Scotts Valley (5 miles away from SC) tried starting a church in the building we meet in on Sundays & it didn't work out. So, I should thank my Lucky Charms (Jesus & Co.) for what's happening with us; because in all reality, there's a whole lot of cool stuff happening in our little church.


Here's a shot of what the "houses" look like before & after.