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disappointed. But I know that the church is full of broken, fallen sinners like me, so I shouldn't have expected much... but I did.

Mara is pregnant with our second child. She's ill and tired. I'm working for two people. This isn't a complaint. I thank God that I'm being given the chance to be the husband I should have been but wasn't in the majority if the beginning of our marriage. I feel this is also giving me the opportunity to show Adam that sometimes as I husband and father that we are called to make sacrifices.

I'm sure that many of you have heard different things concerning us. I can fully admit that we've done some things the wrong way. I admit that I haven't been the best Christian, either. I can't say that it's not in the least part because I wasn't discipled properly, though I accept responsibility as well. If I've sinned against any of you, I sincerely apologize. I know that there are preconceived notions of who we are, and I'm sure that's why most of the people in the church were weary of approaching us. Pardon my strong language, but it really sucks not to be able to get beyond our past.

I'm willing to bet that people are more interested in why the painting outside the nursery isn't done than we they haven't seen us in several weeks. Some might say that it's not their place to intrude, but aren't we supposed to be a body in Christ? I imagine that if you woke up one morning and one of your hands was missing you'd probably be a bit concerned.

But people are too busy bickering about the music ministry or where the youth group meets to see that there are people that genuinely need help that are falling through the cracks.

We really needed help. We really need to be lifted up in prayer. I feel strange for asking for anything when I look around and see the people in need around the world, around the country and around the corner, but we are desperate to see Jesus in anyone around us. I'm sure there are those of you that may be offended by this letter, but search yourself to determine whether or not it's conviction or if it's prideful indignation.

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