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Vacation

August is not the time to visit South Florida (that would be January). Yet to avoid burn-out, we are going to burn-up as we unwind in the hot Florida sun for a LaMorey family vacation starting tomorrow.

It is so nice to know that I can truly relax because we have such a great team here at Calvary Fellowship. So I am certain that things wont skip a beat (and in fact may run smoother) in my absence.

#3

Our 3rd child is on the way! We are 8 weeks in and the due date is March 8th. We went for the ultrasound today, saw the baby and heard the heartbeat. We are extremely excited and feel supremely blessed!

We were hesitant to share the information so soon, especially in light of Rebecca's miscarriage last year, but couldn't keep the good news all to ourselves. After all, how valuable it is to invite all of you to include us in your prayers in the season ahead!

First time shredding!!!

My first snowboarding experience was exhilarating...
OK fine, I agree... this is pretty pathetic. But, as light as it was, it WAS Hartford's 1st snow of the season... (click to enlarge)

"Lonely is the Night!"

Besides being a great song by Billy Squier; this is also my present reality while my wife and kids have been visiting for the past week in Ft. Lauderdale. However, this is simply what I agreed to before we ventured off to CT to start a church.

Our talks as church planters (rightfully so) often revolve around the exciting adventures that God has laid out before us. We talk about the success, the struggle, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat and like that... The lesser told story behind each of those wonderful, epic stories is in a beautiful princess who has typically sacrificed in BIG ways to follow her warrior-husband on the trail of adventure and uncertainty (OK, I know I'm not Eldredge so I'll stop over-doing the Dungeons and Dragons imagery).

But seriously, being the relational creatures God has designed them to be, women are probably more effected than we can imagine when they uproot everything they know, and say goodbye to everyone they love to move to a strange land to help us fulfill they dreams God has birthed in our hearts. My wife is INCREDIBLY close to her family, and it was A BIGGER DEAL THAN I'LL EVER KNOW for her to move away from them. Knowing this, I committed before we came that (no matter how lean things get) I'll send her and the kids back to visit several times a year, and keep a standing invitation for her family to come visit us whenever they wish so they can remain as close as possible under the circumstances.

So a few times a year I'm lonely...BIG DEAL! It gives me a small insight into the sacrifice that my beautiful bride made to allow me to do what I do.