Last night we were whisked away by an Amish buggy (can you imagine the hilarity of it in our subdivision?) to a secretive, yet romantic evening planned by our friends from our church community group – lifeSOURCE.
We were greeted at the Stutzman home by 14 dear friends lined up for our arrival. It was quite touching to see them all there waiting for us as we rolled up in the buggy. The evening ensued with a serenade by Kaitlyn the violinist, a 5-course meal, amusing entertainment, and expressions of thankfulness and love by each of our friends as they waited on us.
It’s hard to put into words just how blessed we were by their love and their gratitude. Jon & I have been doing young adult ministry together for 8 years, and this is the first and only group to honor us in such a way. Our hearts were full of emotion, gratitude, and genuine love for this community. All our sharing and caring has made a difference in their lives, and we know that their lives and hearts have been entrusted to us by God. Our prayer is that we continue to impact their lives by setting the example of Christ.
To see pics from this wonderful evening, please visit our photo gallery.
Thank you friends for loving us. We LOVE you all!
and thank you Mom, Gretchen & Luke for your assistance is this romantic evening!!

This Saturday we volunteered for LaCasa of Goshen’s Help-A-House 2007. For the past 3 years, we’ve signed up as a group with our friends from lifeSOURCE (our church group from Zion Chapel). This year we thought we were doing demo, but instead we found ourselves part of another group of 12 people re-roofing a house. Hmmm…24 people working on 1 small roof? We were skeptical.
One of our local newstations, WNDU Channel 16, came out to our job site to shoot some footage and get a couple of interviews. So, I get my 4 seconds of fame for volunteering actual manual labor on a lovely Saturday in May. Check out the interview here: “Help A House Hits Goshen”

I look like such a dork, and I sound like one too!

And on the Goshen News printed Sunday paper, Jon graced the cover with this photo.

So we Morningstars were mini-celebrities over the weekend. How funny is that?