Hellooooo!

Heyheyhey!

I figured I'd fill ya'll in on recent happenings with me.

Last weekend I got to go visit some Ontario folks, which was way cool. Stopped in Peterborough for some coffee with Ms. Catherine Duncan, and then on to Newmarket and wherever the heck it is that Jordan lives. It was a HUGE blessing to get out of NB and be refreshed by some sweet fellowship and good old fashioned Christian relaxation, a la LIFE: Sponge Bob Square Pants Edition (board game). All in all, a sweet time that I needed.

It hasn't been easy being home, but it is getting better, and I can see God moving and hear him speaking, and I'm trying hard to remember all of the amazing stuff he showed me and taught me this year. Initially it was really frustrating to fail so obviously and struggle with things I had hoped were long past. I can see that my mistake was in the assumption that grace had removed the sinful nature as well as the sin. I'm still Rob...but now I'm Rob filled up with the Holy Spirit so full that it's over flowing. I just gotta keep deciding daily to devote myself to serving and being used by that Holy Spirit, cuz the minute I decide that it's Rob who has living the good life down pat, I fall flat on my face in a big ol' mud puddle called sin.

I miss you all, and I'm really really grateful for the things that God used you to teach me, and I'm pumped to keep growing with you guys. I've come to the realization, after being with Jon and Jordan and seeing them serve their churches, that I'm totally cool with being far apart from you. You guys are my family, my brothers and sisters, all spread out across the continent, and all serving God with those huge hearts and living out the plan that he has for you...and I love thinking that we're going about the Father's business together. That said, you all NEED to come to NB so I can show you how to party (in the most wholesome sense of the word) Maritime style.