Happy Thanksgiving!

Life in South Carolina is very well for the Morris Family.  We are all finding ourselves adjusting to the South quite well.  We anticipated things to be very different and uncomfortable, but we have found just the opposite.  God has been gracious to us, and this is just another way that we know that we are meant to be here.  Our home is finally looking like it should, with things on the walls and boxes put away.  I have gotten a second job working at Target here in Anderson.  So far everything is going well.  All of us struggled for a bit with one sickness after the other, but we are all coming out on top now.

Crystal and I have been waiting to start serving at NewSpring, but the physical health of our family has kept us from that.  But we are excited to know that this Sunday, December 1st, we will both be meeting some of our new leaders and will start volunteering very soon.  Crystal is going to be serving in the nursery with KidSpring and I am going to be involved with the Care Team, both of us working on Sunday mornings.  In addition, as my schedule permits, I am trying to help out with the Next Steps teams in the church offices.

We are also finally meeting new people and developing friendships.  Crystal attended her first MOPS meeting earlier this month and met a lot of great moms that she has since connected with.  We also attended a Thanksgiving dinner with our new home group.  That was enjoyable and we are excited to continue to meet new people and develop new and meaningful friendships.

Please continue to pray for us as we adjust to this new area.  The weather is colder than we are used to, and that has probably caused most of our sickness.  In the mornings, there is often this white, cold, crystallized substance on our cars.  We are still trying to figure out what it is. =) Please pray that God would continue to have favor upon our family as we live for His glory and purposes.  We know He will provide for our every need, and for that we are thankful.  We miss our friends and family back home in CA and other areas of the country.  But in all, we know we are called to South Carolina and we believe that God will use our lives here in mighty ways.

Thank you for reading and keeping in touch with us.  And remember to be thankful every day.  Life is a gift, and it is what we make of it.  Take care, everyone!


Ben and the gang

Adjusting to the South

It has been awhile since we have updated the blog.  The truth is that we have been quite busy moving in and unpacking all of our stuff in our new home.  We have been in South Carolina for 3 weeks now.  We love it here so far.  We are all adjusting very well.  God has been so good to us all and we feel more excited about this time in our lives than any other in the past.

We have joined NewSpring Church and are loving every minute of it.  Kylie and Isaiah really enjoy their classes.  Crystal and I are excited to start volunteering.  We feel the confirmation that this was the right choice for us to make.  It is hard to be away from all of our family and friends, but we know that this is the exact spot that God wants us to be in.