AUBREY KINCH

It's not often I come here needing your help but today is an exception. As Andrew and I are celebrating our baby love today, our dear friends are struggling in ways I can't wrap my mind around. I met Ryan and Kassie Lashua when I married Andrew and instantly loved them and their sweet girl, Emma. Ryan has been through years of suffering with brain cancer and it's becoming a burden again. Last week he went in for his third round of surgery to remove a tumor and is now battling a long recovery.

How can you help? They're looking to raise $5,000 to help their family with bills and basic living as they'll be taking a lot of time away from work. They're already well on their way with nearly $3,200 raised but a little push is always appreciated. If this pulls at your heart strings and you feel God is calling you to make a donation, head on over to this page. I encourage you to even share the page to spread the word!

Thank you for all your love over the years, I pray you can extend that love to a family dear to our hearts in this time of need.

Community Church of Joy focuses on loving God, building community & serving others.

I'm lucky enough to have built solid friendships with a few people on staff. They're people I met through volunteering with the youth and have only grown closer as I came on staff. Marissa, David, Jake and I have made Tuesdays our days to build community with each other. After our staff meeting we hit the town for lunch and sometimes spice it up with a little dessert treat. This week was Pita Jungle and Starbucks for a spike to finish our afternoon right.

What's an afternoon without snapping a picture for evidence of our happiness with that outing.

What can I say? We were supes excited for our red cups. Like to the extent we made our pic shine with our giddiness. But for real, how blessed am I to have this environment to work in? These people I firmly believe have been placed in my life to simply build His community and to keep me sane after a morning of crying about Elle in our small groups (seriously). They're great; they also helped cast the vision of the Bridge Revamp back here and here.

And yes, you've seen David grace this blog a handful of times. He and his wifey Holly are great friends of ours we've spent a lot of time with; he was even in our wedding. You'll most likely remember him from our Cabin Trip or from being smashed in Brut's crate for an evening of entertainment.

What do you have to be thankful for today?