Weekend of Welcomes and Goodbyes

Welcome to NC Phillip! On Saturday we had the joy of welcoming JR's brother Phillip as a resident of NC. He has moved here to pursue his seminary degree but has decided to put that on hold for a year so that he can work and establish NC residency. SEBTS has this awesome scholarship program called Kessee and if you are a NC resident then your school pretty much gets paid for.. sweet deal huh??
Of course the brothers had to be competitive, so here is Phil's first night on the Wii :)


On Saturday, sweet Lily Lewis was able to come home from the hospital. I went to visit her today and I cant get over how small and precious she is! Everything about her is so petite and Jordan is already such a loving and nurturing mom.
Aunt Lindsey is very proud of her new niece and plans to show her cute self off to EVERYONE :)
I mean seriously.. how can you be that cute at just 2 days old???

Today was a hard day at church, because we had to say goodbye to our preacher and his family. Pastor TJ's daughter Lindsey and I have become very close over the year and it was very sad to see her go. They are headed to Florida where they will serve in another church there; this is their home state.
Here are JR and Pastor TJ.. they are two peas in a pod! They did a mentor program every Monday morning and became very close to one another. We are sad that he is gone, however are excited for their new opportunity in Florida. We are also thankful that JR has been asked to serve as the Sunday School Leader for the middle school and high school students. We have been praying for an opportunity such as this for awhile now and look forward to seeing God change the students lives.