I think that by now most of you have learned that my dad has passed away last Sunday morning at about 4:30 am. I don’t know how much can be said about that on a blog. It’s hard but God is still good and true and will continue to be that way for my family and me. I know that dad is happier than he has ever been and that makes me glad and hopeful for the day I can be there too. That sentence makes me cringed because it sounds so cliché but it’s very true. I know that my dad is hanging out with Jesus right now and that’s pretty sweet. But still it’s hard. Even though I’m not sad for my old man I am sad for me and my family and others that were close to my dad. (and there are a lot of people who love him) Dad showed us all how to lean on God for strength and to find stability and security in him and that is what is going to make it possible for us to get through this train wreck.

I want to talk about community, specifically the community that I have in Mosaic. There have been so many people that have shared, and will continue to share, my burden by praying for my family and me that I am humbled greatly. The love that I have felt from these people is really over whelming. There were over ten people that came up to Akron from Columbus to spend just a few minutes at the calling hours and funeral. They made the two-hour trek (each way) one a school night just to show that they cared for me. I can’t think of enough to say about these friends that I have made in less than seven months at Ohio State. The thing that I find the best about these friendships is that the relational foundation is God. We all have a desire to bring each other closer to God as we grow closed together.

I now ask you friends for continued prayers for my family and myself, for strength and for peace and for a passion to fallow our Great Lord.