The Show Must Go On....

Happy Thursday!

This week has been a blur! Shaun and I did go to Mobile on Saturday so I was able to get my shoe problem fixed! I now have a left and right shoe. They just opened a Texas Roadhouse there, so Shaun and I were able to eat something that was familiar and good. I even had a lovely margarita!

Church went really well. There was once again had over 100 kids. We are still short on volunteers, but I have an amazing and dedicated group! As promised, I am finally adding pictures of the new set. As you know the theme is the Show Must Go On. So, our Star Director from Hollywood: Mimi Larue Von Sheraton comes in every day to help direct the leaders through the week's new fiasco. So, yes folks, I am Mimi. Blonde wig, red boa, sparkle glasses, and a funny accent that sound Hispanic sometimes, British sometimes, and a little ghetto. You guys now that I have always had a flair for the dramatic, or so Shaun says! The most embarrassing part about the entire thing is that 2 weeks ago, my mic was too loud and the main service heard the entire skit! Someone even asked me: "who was the girl with the weird accent?" Yes we fit over 70 kids in this space including small group time each week!

Cross Culture is going well for Shaun too. We still have a small, but very dedicated group of attenders. We are into the second weekend of having live worship and it is being led by a student! It reminds me of my time spent with the youth at Colonial when they started worship. This Sunday night Shaun will be hosting a skate party with costumes optional. Thanks Mom Campbell for the awesome cowardly lion costume! He is going to come out skating in it. Yes fans, I will indeed be there to ensure that photographic evidence is collected of this!

My work is going well, crazy busy, but well! Several of my kiddos at school have had some really big moments and progress is occurring. Sometimes it is a little moment; but I'll take that too! I have even been able to transition some of the kids into seeing me as needed versus every week. That is HUGE!

This roller coaster of church planting is still a bumpy but fun ride. It is very weird to have church invade every aspect of your life and throw working with your spouse at the church into that mix and it gets even more convoluted and yet interesting.

Please continue to pray for Shaun and I and all of the leaders of Mosaic as we continue to grow and face some very challenging and difficult decisions. Also, pray for our sending church, the Met. They have been so awesome to us and we would not be able to exist without them.

Oh yea.. mark your calendars: We are coming home to Texas the 24rth- 28th! Family, Friends, Taco Casa, Italliani's, Chipotle and homemade Lebanese food are on top priority!

Also, mark your calendar for the second week in July. That is the week of our summer program for what some old timers call vacation Bible school. We will be calling it Mo Kids Extreme Week. Any helpers from Texas are more than welcome!

Love,
Jessica

PS: Shaun says that the blog is silly and no one reads it, if you disagree, feel free to email him and let him know that you appreciate it and want the blog to continue: shaun@mosaicchurchgulfcoast.com.