It’s time to say

THANK YOU!!!

Thank you for your prayers, advice, and donations.  After several weeks of waiting on God’s direction, we felt led toward a mini-van for our family, and all of your generous contributions enabled us to buy this beautiful 2003 Honda Odyssey with cash, free and clear!  We are blown away at God’s extravagant blessings in our lives - the kids are especially captured by the DVD system

We’re praying for many more miles of ministry and family togetherness in our new van.  I had to look outside in the driveway again this morning, just to make sure it’s real.  We are humbled and grateful that you’d consider our ministry worth investing in.  We are so excited for the fall and all that it holds for us; teen mentoring at three public schools, after-school programs and prayer gatherings around three elementary schools, our homeless community outreach, the youth leadership team, our church unity initiatives, and all the music ministry dates in between!

God is using you to TRANSFORM A CITY!

Thanks again for playing a part!

It seems fitting that this post would follow one I just wrote about God’s provision and walking by faith.  Ah, God’s timing!  We are getting to live it out now, so here’s the scoop…

It’s time to say goodbye-

to our beloved touring van. 200,000 miles of love, music, laughter, and ministry. She will be greatly missed!!

This 15-passenger Ford Clubwagon has also doubled as our second family car, so we’re in quite a pinch.  We’d love your prayers as we seek God these next few weeks for His direction.  I’m touring less with the band these days, so we mainly need an around-town family car that gets ok gas mileage.  Should we use our small, emergency savings to buy an older 7-seater for around $3,000 - Or, do we wait to see if God will provide somehow in another way?  We’re going to take a few weeks, juggling one car and praying for what God has next…

Will you pray along with us?  If you know of any cars that could fit our family of six, we’d love to hear about them.  Also, if you know someone that fixes and replaces engines, who’d be interested in buying our van, please let us know!  Our non-profit ministry can receive tax-deductible contributions, and we’d be hugely blessed with however God directs you.

Have you been fortunate enough to experience a road trip in our well worn van??  Or, do you have a favorite memory?  Send us a comment here or on Facebook, and we’ll send her off in grand style!

Our youngest child, Holland, was baptized this Easter.  Enjoy the pics.  Thanks for celebrating with us!

and on the right…

One of the ways our culture remembers and celebrates a person or occasion is with a “toast”.  You may have seen this at a wedding or a formal meal of some kind; someone will stand up, raise their glass of whatever they’re drinking, say something like “To the bride!” and that’s the signal for everyone to clink their glasses with each other and take a sip of their drinks.  I was thinking of this custom the other day while getting ready to celebrate a Sabbath family dinner with candles, special blessings, and grape juice.  As each of us began to share things that God was teaching us through the week, or things He’s helped us with, it seemed completely natural to want to make a toast after each story - to Jesus!  So as my youngest daughter finished talking, I raised my glass of grape juice and declared, “Let’s have a toast:  To Jesus!”
“Yay, Jesus!” everyone echoed.  Then we clinked our glasses together and took a drink.  It was so fun, we decided to do it after each person shared.  There were lots of toasts to Jesus that night.  He deserves it more than anyone!

P.S.  One polite element of toasting is to make sure you look the person in the eye that you are clinking your glass with.  So, not only do you get to remember and celebrate Jesus through this activity, you also get a chance to connect with each other, too!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, everyone!!!

We are honored to share this amazing time with friends like you.  May God’s deep, lasting peace be yours this season-

With love,

The Foxes

Our guitarist/singer Pete Dawson had a baby!

He and his wife Nina are so stoked! We’re stoked for ‘em!

Welcome, Chris!!!

This holiday break, the band and I rounded up our families for our year-end party, and it was awesome! John cooked the most amazing ribs, Joe kicked down with the killer deserts, and our kids practically tore John’s house APART! We managed to snap this quick pic before the melt-down…

I’m totally overwhelmed with gratitude to these families for joining ours in this crazy musical adventure…THANK YOU!!!

A big toast to Joe Servia for 10 YEARS of rockin’ the bass with us!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!

I’m sorry I can’t write too much right now. I know I should be coming up with some super-cool, deep, Christmas-y devotional….umm….I’m sorry. I’m buried in wrapping, painting, eBaying, cleaning, dishes, parties….it’s INSANE right now! But my prayer for you is the same for me;

…that somehow, in the craziness, we would experience a special season of “God with us”…His Hope, His Peace, His Joy, His Love…all REAL and LASTING!

May you encounter Him like never before!

From my family to yours,

Thanks for being a part of our lives!

Love,

The Foxes

My family and I had a WILD Thanksgiving! We drove the 14 hours to the far north of Cali where we met up with the whole extended clan…4 younger brothers, 3 sister-in-laws, 1 niece…and our 6…it was CRAZY! My parents hosted us all somehow with grace and class.

Here’s a highlight for me; I encouraged everyone I could to jam and sing with me on my Friday night “Thanksgiving Concert” at Mosgo’s Coffeehouse. My bros; Josh and Ben both did great sets of tunes, my dad even sang, Farrah did a couple songs, my mom lent her famous harmonies, and the kids handled percussion!

Yah, it was swwweeeeeet! We closed the night with an “I’ll Fly Away” medley, straight out of the Ozarks!HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!

The new generation is TAKING OVER! I’m so proud of my son, Brennan, for rocking the drums while his sister Farrah and friend Sophia pulled off a mean version of “Lean On Me”. The Killibrook Elementary School Talent Show didn’t know what hit ‘em!