About Me

Hey there...My name is John Alice and I am happily married to my wife of 11 years Erin. We have five children; Tawna, Austin, Hailey, Isabel, & E-beth. I also happen to be the Pastor of Old Fort Church in the Northern Midwestern part of Ohio. God has done so many things in my life from being a church planter in a YMCA to fostering up to 14 different children in our house. There have been many struggles along the way with infertility, Isabel's Aperts Syndrome, and the challenges of raising five children. However, God has always met me in times of struggle and walked with me through these real life issues.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Because Mike wanted me to Blog

Well yes as you have noticed I have been quite the delinquent with my blogging lately. I have all the excuses in the world and none of them are worth telling you about. I preach all the time that life is about priorities and if we are too busy for church and God...well then we are just too busy. Anyway God has sure been doing some really cool things lately in my life and ministry. In the past several weeks we have had some baptisms. I have had a chance to lead someone to Christ. We have had people join the church. And last night I had the privilege of teaching at the Heidelberg Campus Fellowship meeting. What a powerful time with about 60 college students who are hungry for a relationship with God. God is so good!

There has still been more going on in my family. Isabel came back from getting her cast removed and her latest hand surgery just looks great. Both fingers that were worked on function even better now. It is awesome! This past week Erin and I did some important work on our relationship and saw God's victory in that. He is so good and I am so blessed with a super awesome wife. I thank God for her everyday and her patience and perseverance with me. To top it all off I am getting older here in the near future. To tell you the truth I actually haven't given it much thought at all. I have even forgotten about it until someone at Campus Fellowship last night reminded me of it. Life has been good! The church is a blessing. Our relationships there continue to grow. My family continues with many of its challenges but yet I sense that we are all growing and adjusting as needed. Life is good and I give it all to Jesus. He is the reason and my first love. So there it is. My first blog entry in I don't know how long. Blessings, Your Dreaming Pastor

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

A little too depressing to write about the Buckeyes, eh?

Alas, there are more important things in life.

Hope you and the family are well.

Blessings...