So Christ has really put amazing people around us in Charlotte and we will miss our community so much more than I can probably understand at this point. So the Boydstuns...
Dennis and Lisa (and their 4 adorable children) are long time friends of mine who moved to Arizona a few years back and have just moved back in the past 6 months. They subletted their house (due to the wonderful housing market) and were able to move right back into their old house & neighborhood.
For some odd and illogical reason they thought it would be a good idea to start a youth group in their neighborhood which equals bunches of youth 8-16 years of age running through their front door, sharing dinner and hanging out with them and their kids on Monday nights.
One of the most beautiful pictures of community, love and service I've seen in a long time. They are such a Holy Spirit lead family that continually inspires Christine and I.
So they had us over to speak to the kids about what we'd be doing in Chile & what being a Christian looks like for them in their day to day lives... amazing evening. We had great dialogue with the kids about their pursuit of loving others, following Christ & everything in between. I think this is one of the only times I felt like I was in a "house church" sort of situation.
The mere location of all these youth was the common denominator. Dennis and Lisa, through the power of the Holy Spirit, were able to create a youth group of blacks, whites, latinos, elementary, middle & high school kids who are learning about the realness of Christ, growing in the Spirit and having a taste of a rare form of community that we don't see much anymore.
I love watching the Spirit move.
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