June 8

Sunday, June 8... 10am & 6pm

You are invited to a commissioning service for Kelly Larson. It will be at Generations Adult Fellowship at 10am in North Campus Room 180.

That evening Kelly will be teaching at Evening Chapel Parise, which meets in the wedding chapel on main campus at 6pm. There will be a prayer time for Kelly & Suzanne, and there will be an opportunity for fellowship afterwards.

We'd love for you to join us!

Where?
First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton
2801 N. Brea Boulevard
Fullerton, CA 92835
Here is a website with directions... http://www.evfreefullerton.com/findus/directions.html

Late May

Kelly has his master's degree!!! Yeah! The graduation Friday was wonderful! I thought I was excited when I got my master's, but I was more excited for Kelly's! I couldn't stop smiling! I'm SO proud of him!

This was Biola's 100th anniversary. Kelly was glad that he got to graduate with our friend, Paul Poelstra.

We left Saturday morning and drove up to Bishop with Kelly's mom. We got there around 3:30pm and went straight to the park to check out the Mule Days booths. We saw Susan Flaherty and her SeneGence booth.

Sunday morning we went to Cowboy Church... it was really good. Then we started getting ready for our church. I helped lead worship and Kelly preached.

After church we headed over to the Pratt's house for a Potluck/BBQ (it was that, but actually it was a surprise party for Kelly... Graduation & Birthday). There were so many people there! It was SO fun! The church gave Kelly The Bible... for Dummies, and Accordance... the Bible software Kelly has been wanting. We had a great time hanging out with everyone! What a great church we're going to! We love them so much!

Monday was Kelly's birthday (the 26th). We had breakfast at Jake's... it was yummy! We met some of the people that work there... and the whole restaurant sang to Kelly! Then we went home, took a nap, and then went to the Barrett's house for dinner.

Tuesday we drove home and met my parents and my Aunt Pat & Uncle Art in Ontario. My aunt and uncle were flying home from a weekend visit with my parents. So, it was great to get to spend a little bit of time with them!

We've talked to three people about buying or leasing our house. The family that was considering buying it has decided it's not the right time to move. There's a couple and a family that are interested in looking at our house to see if they want to lease it. The couple that's getting married in June will be checking our house out next week. The family will be checking it out too.

We are so thankful that the Talbot family has allowed us to stay in their condo as a transitional home. When we get up there, we will start looking for a house.

Suzanne has one week and one day of school left! Wow! After 14 years at Eastside Christian School, it will be hard to leave. But, Suzanne really feels like she's supposed to help with church stuff rather than teach. She's really looking forward to pouring herself into the church and community!

June 9-13 Kelly & Suzanne will be at Church Planter's Bootcamp. June 23-27 they will be in St. Louis at EFCA's General Conference. Sometime in there, they are hoping to finish packing so they can be ready to move to Bishop in July!

Mid-May Update...

Kelly's teaching at Generations went very well. Thank you for your prayers!

Kelly is now done with all of his classes... with one possible exception. He turned in his doctrinal thesis last week and asked to the teacher to let him know what corrections were needed. At this point he has not heard back from him... so we're thinking that it's good! Yeah! Praise the Lord! Kelly has finished well! Graduation is one week from today!

On May 24-27 we'll be up in Bishop. We will be experiencing "Mule Days" for the first time! This town of 3,500 turns into 35,000 for the weekend as mule lovers from all over the world descend upon Bishop! Check it out! http://www.muledays.org/

Kelly will be preaching on May 25. He planned on speaking about donkey's in the Bible, but as the time got closer, that wasn't feeling right, so he will be in John 15 instead.

Three weeks from today is Suzanne's last day at Eastside. She's taught there for 14 years, so it's both exciting and sad! The staff had a celebration for her at their staff meeting this week... she felt loved and appreciated! :)

Suzanne is still plugging away at packing. She's trying to be really organized, which makes it take longer... but it will pay off!

She has decided to get rid of her Dell desktop and laptop... so let her know if you're interested in buying either at a good price. :) She's also decided to say goodbye to some of the craft things she's not used for years... keep your eyes open for a blog listing those items! If you are interested in rubber stamps (& stuff!) or scrapbooking supplies (books, refills, adhesives, stickers, paper, etc.)... let her know! She'll make you a good deal! She also has some really big (several feet tall and across) established Plumeria trees that she will sell (pink, red, yellow, rainbow, white).

The laundry room/pantry is now painted. Little by little we're plugging away! Still praying for the right buyer... but I guess we actually should have it on the market! Someday! We still have a few rooms left to paint... and that's getting done as time allows.

Thanks for all your prayers and words of encouragement!