A belated post about moving to Ohio

I think most of you know this already, but we have officially moved to Ohio. We're Buckeyes now! We've been here three weeks now and are so thrilled about where God has us. He made it abundantly clear that this was where we were supposed to be, and He has continued to encourage us since we've been here. Our church family is wonderful, supportive of us, and excited about serving in God's kingdom. The children and students we work with have shown us a lot of love and respect even as new staff members who are following on the heels of a few youth guys who came and went pretty quickly. The community of Beavercreek is beautiful, and the people are surprisingly friendly!
We've had a jampacked few weeks (birthday for me, our third anniversary, getting new drivers licenses, a church car show yesterday, traveling two different weekends, preaching my second week here, a clean-up day at work, unpacking all our boxes and getting organized, etc.), but it's been nice to hit the ground running, and we are excited to see how God uses us to further His kingdom in our new community. Stephanie and I are trying to be better equipped to share the gospel personally with others and pledging to be more bold in our witness for Christ. If you pray for us, you can make that a prayer concern....We have had some really good conversations and time in the Word together recently. God's been teaching Stephanie a lot from the book of Romans about the beauty of the gospel and how much hope it brings us. And I've been reading in Matthew and being freshly reminded about the teaching and the work of Christ while He was on earth. Both of us are trying to memorize long portions of Scripture. There is such great value to hiding God's Word in our hearts and minds. Steph and I definitely recommend trying to memorize long portions--even if it takes you weeks to get it down!
Tonight we had a parent meeting at church, which was pretty productive. Our church has great potential and seems to be moving into a new phase of life as a congregation. That brings exciting opportunities but potential for conflict as well. So we are patiently considering what steps to take and are confident that our Lord will give us direction.
Lastly, Steph and I are reading some good books that we'd recommend to you. I'm reading Seeing With New Eyes by David Powlison--a book about Christian counseling and how it should be rooted in Scripture's teachings about the human heart instead of in secular psychology's misunderstandings. And Steph is reading Bad Girls of the Bible. She loves studying women of the Bible and learning through what Scripture has to say about these women--both good and bad. Both would be good reads for you.

Here are some pictures from our move (sorry if they're all jumbled...this always confuses me for some reason):
Our old apartment all packed up

The view from our new balcony

Our new kitchen

Our new apartment living room pre-unpacking

Me and Steph on move-in day