Rachel Bixler: April 2008

I'm so sorry that I haven't posted in a long time. It's been a CRAZY! semester, but I'm making it. These are just a few random pictures from the last couple of months and different things that I have been involved in.
For Valentine's Day I babysat for the Madaris' kids. They were so well behaved and so much fun to be with. They loved to read so it was nice to just keep the tv off for the night and just read to them and play outside with them. And then the couples retreat was fun also! My friend Meredith and I went to Lane and Erica Lashley's to watch their children for the weekend. Rebecca, Rachel and Jared were so much fun to be with. I had my first experience with the Bounce House...and needless to say it's very interesting in a skirt! At first Mert and I just watched but the more we watched the kids play the more we wanted to join in on the action. So we were running through the obstacle courses and sliding down the slides (on a side note: the Bounce House is just an inside place were they blow up all the inflatable slides and obstacle courses and then they charge ppl to use them, it's here in Powell on Callahan Drive) I think Mert and I ended up enjoying it as much as the kids enjoyed it!
I turned 21, February 23rd, and my parents came down to spend the weekend with me! Which was a HUGE blessing because I was getting EXTREMELY anxious to go home. My brother left for England on March 5th and they wanted to say goodbye to him before he left. So it was a GREAT weekend that we spent with them too. I miss being home sometimes and sometimes I'm glad to be with my friends. I miss my church more then anything when I'm not home though.
The Lord has worked in my life so much this semester. So many answers to prayer for different future things. My church ended up purchasing the new building and the closing is April 30th, but we still have to add bathrooms and a new front to the building- many long days ahead. Our church is growing though, on Easter Sunday I called my Dad and he was rejoicing that we had broken our record attendance and had 81 in church. Our church just turned 6 years old this past Sunday so that was a GREAT blessing too! It's a rough area to minister to, but we have stuck with it and the Lord has blessed greatly in the lives of the people. My Dad is still having some physical problems with his joints but he is still continuing! Thanks for praying and I hope to post again soon!