Promotion Sunday For Us All

On Sunday, Joshua will move up to the 4 year old class at Grace Community Church. He is very aware that he will move across the hall and couldn't be more excited. Andi will also be moving on. Obviously, she is unaware of the move today, but by Sunday when she doesn't have her favorite teacher rocking her to sleep, she may realize that something is a bit different.

As for Michael and me, we are making a promotion of our own. During the first year after Joshua's diagnosis we chose to leave the church we were attending. There were lots of reasons for that, but a big one for me was the need for anonymity. I had a very hard time being in casual relationships. I wanted the people around me to either know every detail of every doctors appointment and hospital stay, or not even know that Joshua was sick. So, we visited churches and even after joining GCC, we acted like we were visiting there. We didn't make an initiative to know anyone. For 8 months, we walked in late, left early and stayed in our bubble. 

Now, as God continues to bring redemption, we promote. We have slowly busted out of our bubble to make some new friends and even stay late to chat in the parking lot once and a while. Even more, Michael will be teaching a Sunday school class. Talk about promotion. I am really excited to be under his teaching again and know that so many people will be blessed by his gift of communication. 

Happy Promotion Day everyone!