We had a ball!

Bowling that is! Yes, we had an event on Sunday evening for the church families. We've wanted to post before now but this week has been extremely busy for us. All exciting things though. We've been getting together with many of the church people to begin putting them in place to help carry the vision. People are excited about putting their hands to something. We have been strategizing about how to begin to put people to work, volunteering and helping carry weight. We have many who have been here since the beginning or close to it and they are ready to get to work. So, our volunteer base is definitely growing. We're excited about that!

Back to bowling! This event was a huge success. This was really our first all church event. We've had other things for men and for women but this was the first for everyone to all get together. We had such a great turnout of people. I have to say, we were pleasantly surprised! Especially for this to be our first even and to have so many come. We were excited about that. And we had two couples who are family of a couple who attend Gateway but they couldn't get their family to come to church with them, but they came to bowling! It was great for them to be with the group and just get to know people. Here's just a few pictures to share:

I just love all these different colors of bowling balls!

Our adorable Alex!

Alex sharing his french fry with Ashley!


This is Camden learning to bowl. Isn't he just so cute?

Ashley & Camden
Ashley was telling him, "Smile for the picture" and he was saying,
"No, I don't want to...I want down".
Just imagine that little boy voice with a deep southern accent!

Princess Brianna!

Rick just couldn't pass up the challenge to a game of air hockey. His opponent, Roncie is very athletic, so I think he thought he could whip Rick but.....no, he didn't know who he was taking on!
RICK IS AIR HOCKEY CHAMPION AND HE RETAINED HIS TITLE AFTER TONIGHT!

It was a great evening and everyone left wanting to do this again soon so that is a good sign. We'll post again soon! Love you all!