the foundry reunion

kevin and i moved to lincoln 2 and a half years ago to plant a church, the foundry, with a group from redding. we made some great relationships through the foundry and had to actually end the church about a year into it due to very unfortunate events. our pastor's son was diagnosed with a brain tumor and it was cancerous. the tumor was removed and he is now done with chemo treatments. he is doing great now and every test so far has come back clear. praise God!

we decided to have a foundry reunion this past sunday to get back together "the crew" so we could all catch up with each other, after a very crazy year. it was so good to see everyone! we all brought yummy food to share, i made gingerbread men for the kids to decorate (and a chocolate cake for the adults!), and we watched the polar express. it was a very relaxed evening with friends. the haskins have a drum set at their house and kyri loves to play whenever we go over there. she just sits there for so long and knows just what to do! i think she has a musical future, i'm pretty sure.

we also put together a "blessing tree" with little encouragements and verses on it for our pastor of emmaus, nathan, and his family. they are actually going through chemo with their son now, isaiah, exactly a year after kyler. crazy. we decided to bless their family at this time of year with the tree and a gift basket with a gift card to the coffee shop by the hospital. nathan has really been encouraging us all to give this holiday season, to those that need to feel the love of Christ through others. the foundry reunion was a great night of fellowship and friends. that's what christmas is all about!

kyri's first taste of gingerbread...and marshmallows!

kyler and his super-cool blue gingerbread man!