Here’s a short video of some of the work that was done today.

Thanks to everyone for showing up and cleaning up all sorts of things around Grace. Great job!

Well, I am coming up on my second Sunday at Grace and whole week in Champaign. I am so happy and thankful to be here.  Jerris said something yesterday that I thought was pretty funny. He said, “careful who you talk to at weddings.” I saw the Duncans at a wedding and a few months later I am in Champaign. The fact that I am here and the blessings that I have seen on the way, are nothing less than proof of God’s faithfulness and His love.

This has been a very hard year for me and my family. In an instant everything that I had mapped out for my life became a far off memory. I found myself in the one place that I didn’t want to be and at a job that didn’t fit into my plan. I felt like God had just forgot about me. One day I was driving home from work and just had this break down. I was praying and telling God how frustrated I was. I don’t know what I was expecting to get out of my emotional rant, but I became really convicted. It was never that God forgot about me. The problem was that I just didn’t like the answer or the way that God was providing in my life. It was uncomfortable and I didn’t  have control. When I finally began to be ok (really ok, not just saying I was ok) with doing God’s work WHEREVER He wanted me, not just where I wanted to be, my life began to drastically change and I saw God moving in some really incredible ways.

Once I learned my lesson I asked God to use me WHEREVER He wanted; even if it meant staying where I was. I attended the wedding of two of my friends…had a 3 minute conversation with Jerris…and here I am…eagerly anticipating and watching for what God will do next. There is a line in a song by The Cobalt Season that I think is appropriate, “Careful not to draw your maps in pen and ink.”

Thank you for taking a step of faith to bring me here. I have already been blessed by so many of you. I am excited about getting to know you all and walking through life together. 

Peace,

Brittany Black