Young Marrieds

Yeah! We had our first Young Married's small group tonight and it went really well! I'm so excited that we are really doing it. We have a great mix of couples...ones who have been coming to the church for a long time, ones who have been coming for only two weeks, and a lot in between. The range for length of marriages is also really varied, from 2 months to 10 years. It seems though that the majority have been married between 3-6 years. We had about 12 couples come tonight which was bigger than I anticipated but I was pleasantly surprised. It was fun meeting new couples and I'm so glad that new couples have a place now to get connected quickly with other couples. For the first 6 weeks we are going through Gary Smalley's series "I Promise" and it seems like it's going to be really good. We did the first DVD tonight and everyone seemed to really like it. 

After watching the 20 minute DVD we break up into two small groups to discuss the lesson and I love that our small group is talkative. Right off the bat people gave really good answers and seemed fine with sharing. I know we have the best group already- jk- I'm just competitive so it just comes natural to think that way : )     

I know I'm just giving commentary really and someday in the near future I will write a more thoughtful, soul-searching post but I have felt like I don't have it in me right now because I'm not in that mode. When I get into my work mode of having to get things done I get very focused on being concise and I think that's coming out in my posts since I always post late at night after I've been working. 

After tomorrow though I won't be up late working...at least for a little while  : ) 

I think I'll post some cute pics of the girls tomorrow because I can't do it tonight. One more thing...Maddie laughed tonight with me and it almost made my heart burst! She has laughed with Josh but only a really small one with me up until tonight. Man...it is the most wonderful thing in the world to hear your child laugh some of her first laughs!  It's the sweetest sound : )