Friends,

A quick update from the Joneses.

We are thrilled with daily life in the apartment complex that God has placed us in. Though this sounds too good to be true, we actually get paid to throw weekly parties in our apartment complex for our neighbors!  We are known as the party people, and are already seeing opportunities to point people to the best party thrower, Jesus.  More about this from Laurel and baby girl and me soon.

Beginning this Saturday, I’ve been asked to help serve at Soma School 201 in L.A.

Soma School is a week long holistic learning intensive for church planters that I told many of you we hosted in Tacoma not too long ago.

Soma School 201 is for Soma School alumni to help them with different leadership issues they’re experiencing as they lead their churches. We have 50 leaders coming from 27 different churches from around the U.S. and from Australia and the UK! It represents a lot of people that are under their care.

I will be helping with administrative needs during this week and get to sit in and learn from the stories of these pastors and the churches they serve at, as well as from the Soma leaders that will be equipping us.

Pray that this week would help these leaders and their people in making disciples of Jesus in their cities.  The Spirit of God must do this!