Bear Creek

This past Sunday was my last time to be at my church for a long time. It was the day that I had been looking forward to and dreading for months, if that makes sense. I knew that it would be a great time of prayer and support, but I also knew how sad it would make me. It was a very encouraging time and I am so glad that Bear Creek is partnering with me in this endeavor. It will be such a blessing to know that my church will be praying for me as I prepare to go and as I am there.

I passed off my camera to Kelly Haynes that morning so that he could take pictures of the kids since I'm not in there anymore. He got a lot of good ones...here are a few:

At the end of the service, Brett called me up to the front. He said things that made me cry then had me open a gift from the church. It's an iPod Touch!! He said that the best part was yet to come because people will be recording messages for me (and maybe some hilarious videos too) so that I can download them and watch them when I need to hear some encouraging words and that people are praying for me. This is probably the most perfect thing I could have gotten from my church!

He then had everybody gather around me to pray over me and commission me for missionary service. The best part was that he had the kids come down first so that they'd be the closest to me. Those kids are just the best! After the prayer...and I really, really love this...Lion King music came on! And everybody laughed. I'm not sure that that's what's going on in this picture or not, but I like to think that it is.