On Our Way!

Since Reagan, my ten-year-old daughter, was four, she has played softball. I have been blessed each year with the opportunity to coach her team. We have always had fun and a little success along the way. We have won a few league championships and played on All-Star teams, but never made it past our local district tournament.

This year we've done it! Tonight we won our district tournament and earned a place in the state tournament. We not only won, we were undefeated, beating every team in the tournament.

I couldn't be prouder! These girls worked hard all year with this goal in mind. It was amazing watching these girls use their God given talents, they played so well that, at times, you forgot that they were all just nine and ten years old.

If you see these girls around, give them a pat on the back and wish them luck. They are true champions.

Here they are in no particular order: Reagan Skelton, Sam Skelton, Haley Morris, Madison Keating, Cristin Brewer, Cassie Mathis, Ashley Bumphus, Ashley Templeton, Mckenzie Rich, Mia Robertson, Maranda Keeton, and Shalayna Bratcher.

Goodbye and Hello

How do you describe the sadness of goodbye coupled with the excitement of new beginnings? This very range of emotions is what my family is experiencing right now.

After four and a half years preaching for the Midway church of Christ we have all made some very close friends. These are the kind of friends you can depend on, the people you can lean on when times get tough. Leaving friends like this is scary. You don't leave friends like this without a lot of prayer and reflection. When it comes down to it, these people aren't just friends, they are family.

So how is it that we can possibly be excited about leaving family? The answer lies in the question. You see, we're not leaving family for something unknown, we are leaving family and moving to family. It's like the song we sing, "We're part of the family thats been born again, part of the family whose love knows no end."

To me the family aspect of following Christ is the greatest earthly blessing God could ever give.

Sure, there is excitement simply because I'm moving on to something new. There is also excitement about "coming home" to Waynesboro. But when I sit down and think about what God has laid before me it's all I can do to contain myself.

I have been given the charge to work with and build up families; to help other parents, like Sheryl and I, navigate their families through the mine field of society and come out on the other side spiritually stronger.

It is a big task, but I serve an even bigger God and he is able to sustain me.

It's A New Day!

I never would have thought that I would be writing a blog. Being a blogger sounds like something derogatory if you ask me. Regardless, here I am Mitchell, the blogger.

It should be interesting. Why don't you join me for the ride?