the G sides

Here’s a helpful FAQ concerning our move:

Will you become a Chiefs fan?
Obviously asked by people who don’t have a clue and don’t know the English family.

No. Good heavens, no. I can never remember a time in my live when I didn’t bleed orange and blue for the Broncos. I moved here to Denver when I was 7 years old, froze my butt off in games at the old Mile High Stadium. I remember Craig Morton wearing 7 before 7 wore 7 and now 7 will never be worn again. (Did you follow all of that?) I have a Broncos pennant with Haven Moses autograph on it.

Besides that, it’s debatable if the Chiefs even have a professional team anymore but I’ll save that for a later post.

How can we be praying for you?
Sell the house. We need God to sell the house.

Topeka, Kansas?
I’m not sure if this qualifies as a question but I’ve heard it a lot. We love Topeka. When we lived in Emporia, it was where we would go to play. Great city, small town feel but big town benefits. Close to Jayhawk country, 60 miles from KC where there are some fantastic places to eat and my parents live there.

It’s the capital city. It’s not flat. It’s quite an attractive city really. No, it’s not Denver but then again, nowhere else on the planet is like Denver.

How are the kids taking it?
They are actually pretty excited about the whole deal. This is clearly God’s hands on them. Camber and Cooper are pumped to have me preach more. (I realize that as they get older – this may change but for now I’m enjoying the moment.) Cayden thinks the Ladenburger girls will move in with us and become big sisters. (I haven’t told her the truth about that yet.)

They are sad they are leaving their friends and their school. But we’ve seen a maturity and a heart for ministry in them that I don’t think we realized was that deep.

Amy – I’ll let her speak for herself.

Are you nervous about the transition from students to adult ministry?
No. I’ve been doing adult ministry for years. Working with parents, life group leaders, and volunteers.

What I’m nervous about is maintaining a decent pace once I get there.

When did you know that you knew this was going to happen?
When they counted the last vote on November 9th.

What are you most looking forward to in the new role?
Hard to answer because the two things I love most – teaching and discipling leaders – I’m already doing. I’m looking forward to the people, honestly. We’ve met some incredible people through this process and I’m stoked about working with them.

Of course that’s also the hard part of leaving here – the people.

And the skiing.