SUNDAYS HAVE BECOME A VERY SPECIAL DAY IN OUR HOUSEHOLD SINCE WE BEGAN ATTENDING THE VINE CHURCH. CHARLOTTE WAKES IN ANTICIPATION, AND BEGINS TO DIALOGUE ABOUT WHAT SHE WILL WEAR, THE FRIENDS SHE WILL SEE, WHOSE HAND SHE WILL HOLD, THE SONGS WE WILL SING, AND HER CLASS. WE WAKE IN ANTICIPATION KNOWING WE WILL SPEND THE MORNING IN FELLOWSHIP WITH OTHER BELIEVERS. JOEY WAKES EXCITED TO EAT BREAKFAST AND IS RELATIVELY CLUELESS AS TO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MORNING, BUT IS ALWAYS EXCITED TO PASS THROUGH THE TUNNEL ON JOHN NOLAN DRIVE AS WE MAKE OUR WAY TO CHURCH.
IT HAS BEEN A JOY TO SEE HOW THE LORD HAS WORKED IN THE LIVES OF OUR FAMILY SINCE WE BEGAN ATTENDING THIS CHURCH PLANT. IT ALREADY SADDENS US TO THINK THAT WE WILL BE LEAVING MADISON JUST AS WE OUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE CHURCH IS GROWING. I THINK IT IS SAFE TO SAY THE VINE WILL BE ONE OF THE THINGS WE WILL MISS MOST AS WE SAY GOOD-BYE TO MADISON.
AFTER SIGNIFICANT NAPS, WE GEARED UP FOR OUR LAST SMALL GROUP GATHERING OF THE YEAR. THE KIDS WERE DELIGHTED TO DISCOVER IT WAS A PIZZA/POOL PARTY, AND WE QUICKLY CHANGED INTO SUITS UPON ARRIVING AT THE MCCARTHY'S CLUB HOUSE. IT WAS AN EVENING FILLED WITH MEANINGFUL FELLOWSHIP, SPLISH-SPLASHIN' FUN, GREAT CONVERSATION, AND A TIME OF UPLIFTING PRAYER.
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