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Well, Doxa has been meeting for three weeks now.  As a community, we have been doing something very old, very unoriginal, but very life changing.  Chronological Bible Storying has been around for a long, long time.  This week we reached the story of Cain and Abel.  It is consistently amazing how quickly humans go from no sin to murder.  It is also amazing to see through story how consistently God is loving, merciful and caring even after our rebellion.  God is very good to us!  3 weeks into the story some patterns are starting to emerge.  Namely, God is very loving, but must punish sin; and humans are constantly disobeying God.  These patterns lay a wonderful groundwork for the gospel.  

Please pray for opportunities for us to lay the groundwork for the gospel in the lives of those attending through serving them.  We are trying to keep our eyes open for ways to serve the people in our group, and the community.  We’re in the beginning stages of planning for the two mission teams that our coming this summer.  We’re also trying to partner with some local churches to co-labor and expand the reach of the gospel.  

I got the opportunity this week to bless some of the folks over at Faithbridge community church with some free Pirates tickets.  It was a great opportunity to get know and learn from some folks who have been working here in Pittsburgh for longer than we have.  

We’re pretty sure our friends’ child is still having medical issues that are keeping them from joining us.  Please pray that those medical issues are resolved so that the child can go back to being a child, and so that they can join us.