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Counting our blessing here in Yakima: >When we arrived in Yakima we stayed with one of the adult high school volunteers and her husband for our first night until we could get the keys to our apartment. >We had an elders wife offer to babysit the kids while we unloaded the moving truck. >There was a large box in the foyer of the church with our name on it and it was filled with pantry items as well as a few gifts cards. >We received an invitation from an elders family for lunch on our first Sunday here. >We went to dinner at another elders home. >One of the adult HS volunteers babysat for free one evening for us so we could have a date night. >A young lady in the church committed to babysit once a week so I can attend youth group and her and another young lady are staying the weekend free of charge with the boys in a few weeks so I can go on a youth trip. >An elder's wife is occasionally babysitting, praying for me and checking in regularly. >Another elder...

http://youtu.be/XWqk1o6bDxA Watch the video first and then read the definition below to get a better understanding of what a bounded set is vs. a center set. A bounded set would describe a group with clear "in" and "out" definitions of membership. The Christian church has largely organized itself as a bounded set, those who share the same beliefs and values are in the set and those who disagree are outside. The centered set does not limit membership to pre-conceived boundaries. Instead a centered set is conditioned on a centered point. Membership is contingent on those who are moving toward that point. Elements moving toward a particular point are part of the set, but elements moving away from that point are not. As a centered-set Christian membership would be dependent on moving toward the central point of Jesus. A Christian is then defined by their focus and movement toward Christ rather than a limited set of shared beliefs and values Wikipedia definiation Christi...

Hi friends and Family. . . I sit down to blog and find that I tend to only think about negative things to complain about. Although some of these things are connected to being in Yakima they are by no means things that make me sad or unhappy about being here. SO, instead of blogging about my struggles I thought I would simply throw out a list of our prayer needs because prayer will have a much larger affect on these things then just complaining. 1) Liam. He's been struggling since a few weeks before leaving Grand Junction. He was sad about leaving friends, his preschool and our house. Since we got here he has been a roller coaster of emotions, over joyed one second and angry the next and sad the next. Night time is the toughest when he gets angry about stupid things just for the sake of throwing a fit. He gets angry and cries so much more then ever before. 2) My health. I have been so fatigued this past week. I sleep 9 to 10 hours at night and wake exhaustion. I have little energy t...