Ian & Jocelyn Barker

Jocelyn and I flew back from Connecticut last night where we were visiting her family during Jocelyn’s Spring Break and over Easter. We went to see Jocelyn’s new nephew, Eli Thomas. He’s just over 2 months now and he’s super cute. Pictures later.

It’s always fun to connect with family, albeit, a bit overwhelming as she has a big, tight-knit family. This time, we were able to take part in a family Bible study. Every Wednesday, some of the guys in the family get together, and some of the girls get together – separately. So I was downstairs with the guys, and Jocelyn was upstairs with the girls. It was great to hear them talk about what God is speaking to them and growing in the faith. Some of them are new believers which is awesome.

Another day, we visited with Jocelyn’s old youth pastor and were able to hear how the youth group is doing. In the past 9 months, a bunch of the youth have been prayer walking in the halls of the local high school and been seeing some fruit. It was encouraging to hear that these youth are taking seriously the call to impact their little community and seeing the necessity of paving the way with prayer.

I was able to get some reading done including “Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage”. If you have never read the book or heard of the man, I recommend that you get the book and read it. It’s phenomenal.