These past couple of weeks have flown by. We have been very busy trying to move the house, move the corps, keep up with runs to Camp NEOSA, help with Day Camp 5 days a week, run the all day senior program, etc, etc, etc. There has been a lot of stress with the cleaning and packing side of everything but the transition to the Youngstown Citadel has gone so well with so many positive responses I can be nothing but filled with the joy of the Lord. I was especially encouraged today by a few things. First, we had 6 of the 8 girls who went to Music and Arts camp and majored in timbrels perform the timbrel drill during this mornings Holiness Meeting. As the did the drill for the offeratory I had two other kids who did not major in timbrels pass other timbrels as offering plates. They were a blessing and even received an encore round of applause after the first round ended. Although today seemed to be more of a "performance" showing off their newly learned skills I see a wonderful opportunity for them to engage this skill in worship. Second, after the message the alter was flooded with people for prayer. Included in that was a couple of people who have had a hard time with the move of the previous officers. The one, having been in the Army now for several years, came up to me after the meeting and said he wants to become a soldier. This is a man who has had a very close connection with the Army and had previously chosen not to become one. I praise God that He chose to use me and the message He gave me to help offer guidance to this individual. On a different note - having received the tax rebate I felt like a kids in a candy store. We have already planned on using a portion of it to buy the kids a new computer. I really wanted to buy the commentary that goes with The Complete Jewish Bible but when I logged online to buy it there were so many other titles that I wanted. We had not yet used our book grant and so I asked Ivan if he was okay with buying it and he agreed that it would be a worthwhile purchase. So - here are the new books that I bought that I am sooo excited about and that will probably keep me up everynight for a while: JPS Tanakh Commentary Collection - 9 Volumes (this is on LOGOS Bible Software and is awesome) Restoring the Jewishness of the Gospel - David Stern Jewish New Testament Commentary (this is what I originally set out to buy when I found all the others) - David Stern Gateways to Torah - Rabbi Russell Resnik - speaks about the weekly parashot readings - kind of like a Jewish lectionary guide On the Book of the Psalms - Nahum M. Sarna - Exploring the Prayers of Ancient Israel A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Christ - 5 volume set by Schurer The Jewish Study Bible Tanakh Translation Alright, now that I've listed them I am off to cuddle up with Restoring the Jewishness of the Gospel. Goodnight. | 
