funky orange couch

i'm currently sitting on this great funky orange couch in our new staff common room...this wonderful little room has been a bit of a labor of love. and there's still some work to do. but the walls have fresh paint, the carpet has been cleaned, the couches febreeze'd. there are books on the book shelf and magazines on the coffee table. all the little details have been nearly ironed out. and i think this space is ready for its new inhabitants. jefferey, katie, jeni, nate, samantha and lauren will live here starting this weekend.

it's so exciting thinking and praying for them...because i've been there. i won't soon forget the adventure my friends and i took down to houston three years ago. it was with anticipation and a little anxiety that we arrived. completely unaware of the ways we would see change happen...the ways we would see Christ happen...the unexplainable beauty that transformed us into Christ followers who are fighting for the Kingdom...the tears that would be shed on behalf of our unseen brothers and sisters of the street...the hope that overwhelmed our hearts at the sight of Jesus in the face of a stranger. so it is with great hope and encouragment that i welcome these new hearts to houston. to adventure and reality, dreams and laughter, tears, sweat and rest. rest on this great funky orange couch.