It's Official!

I just realized that I forgot to share some very important news: last week, Jesse was officially contracted to be the DCE at Hope!
We've sort of known that we would be staying here, but it had to be through an official vote from the church members. They kicked us out during the voter's meeting last Sunday (or, 2 Sundays ago--the 14th) so that they could vote on it.
Jesse and I sat in his office waiting, but it wasn't long until one of the girls from Jesse's youth group trotted in and told us we could come back.
When we walked into the fellowship hall, everyone was smiling and laughing, and they all began clapping as we walked back to our seats. The president of the assembly laughed and said "I guess you don't need to ask us the verdict!"
Even though we had a pretty good guess that they would be contracting Jesse at the end of his internship, it's a wonderful feeling to know for sure!

Our wonderful landlords have extended their welcome for us to continue living in the little home that we love so much, and now we're getting ready to settle into another year in the Valley!

On a side note, Jesse is running VBS at Hope this week, and it's turning out to be a great success! It's keeping us both busy, and very exhausted, since we have to leave our home at 6am each day to set things up! All of Jesse's evening commitments (youth groups, board meetings) are taking a break this week because of VBS, and we're enjoying being able to come home together for dinner every night and experience a week like "normal people!"

I'd better not get too spoiled :)