What an amazing week we had in Portugal!! We enjoyed sunshine and the beach, and a great time together as a team. Portugal is a beautiful country with friendly people who loved our kids! The hardest part was coming back to the rain...but the week away was such a gift! Now we are trying to re-engage our life, resisting the attempts of the enemy to discourage and distract us after such a great week of refocusing. We really left Portugal with the burden to have real JOY in our home and life here. It seems particularly challenging in Glasgow to have this JOY, but what a contrast our JOY is to the environment in which we live. Please continue to pray for us as we relentlessly pursue JOY, and may you battle for JOY wherever you are too!
