What a Night in Denver!
THANK YOU to all 330 of you who came out last night to be there for the vision night! What a great time it was with all of you!
This was our largest gathering yet, and how wonderful it was to share it with you. For many of us, we had family and friends there that we have known 10, 20, 25, 30...even all the way up to 47 years! (That was for Dave Patty and Laura Hash...his parents and her mom were there!) This is a town of LONG TERM relationships. And it really felt like it the whole evening.
There was such a crossing of worlds between JV staff, Cadence people, numerous churches who have been sending teams and staff to us for years, pastors who have blessed and cared for us, long time friends and of course, family. This was definitely "home town" territory!
Again testimonies were strong, the program went smoothly, dessert was great, service at the hotel was excellent, conversations were sweet, and God was glorified. What could be better than that?!!
Conversations lasted late into the evening, and still there wasn't enough time to connect with everyone. We all wished it could've gone on longer, but are thankful for the connections we had.
And now, it's off to Chicago in the morning for our last one...hard to believe! It's going to be a bit sad to finish tomorrow night.
This has been one of the most special and meaningful times that many of us have had in terms of connecting our ministry life in JV with our family and friends. We feel like we have had a great gift in being able to connect with so many of you, our dear friends, family, supporters and churches who have stood with us as we have ventured across the ocean to serve the Lord with JV. We have loved giving you all a taste of what our passion and heart is for the young people of Eastern Europe, and sharing in the vision that's before us. Thank you for entering into that with us!
And thank you for continuing to pray and stand with us as we press forward to see an even greater movement of God among the youth of Eastern Europe. That's what our hearts beat for.
To those of you in Chicago....we'll see you tomorrow night in Oak Brook where we look forward to sharing all of this with you!
