a Geraci minute

So my family and friends, it's been a few months since my last update. Since then SO much has happened. The church has continued to grow and the best part of that has been the new friends we have made. We are so blessed and feel like we finally have a home here in the low country. As always, we think of our family and friends in Colorado often and miss them!

Since September we have also started a ladies prayer night and men's prayer breakfast, both of which meet every other week. We have seen tremendous growth from this spiritually. We have really enjoyed the fellowship time after church each week. We know that this is a precious time as we will not always have a small enough group to all hang out at the same time, so we treasure it!

I was VERY blessed to be able to attend a Pastor's Wives conference in October in sunny San Diego. I  brought my sweet friend Jacky and we had an amazing time! We were so encouraged to hear from other church planters that we aren't crazy. It was a blessed time and we were very refreshed both spiritually and mentally.

In November our family took a trip back to Colorado for Jon's brother's wedding. We had such an amazing time seeing our friends and family. The Lord really blessed us and reminded us that even though time passes, our loved ones are still close to us. An additional blessing was the peace He gave me when we returned home. It actually felt like we had come HOME. (Those of you who have followed this blog know that it's a very big deal to call it that!) We finished out the month with a wonderful thanksgiving with our family and friends here.

And here we are in December. It's interesting how the Lord has brought us full circle again back to a place of faith. There have been a few obstacles that have revealed how comfortable I have been. God had to show me that He is the one who has sustained us this far, and will continue to do that NO MATTER WHAT the future holds. We are so excited for our first Christmas Eve service. And as we have been reminding the girls that The Lord LOVES to give us gifts, he gave us a wonderful one: Jon was able to put his 2 weeks in at his job and will be a full time pastor beginning in January!

I have so much anticipation for what God wants to do this next year. When I was looking through our photos from this past year, it felt like last christmas was a lifetime away. It's almost unbelievable how much has changed! I can only imagine what God has in store for us. We continue to press into Christ as we wait to see what he does.

I put a little smilebox together to share some glimpses of our family this past year. I hope you enjoy!

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. (Ephesians 3:20)

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