WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE ALLISONS

Being in Cincinnati taught us more than we would have ever imagined. We learned what real community is and how it can be lived in everyday life. We saw what hospitality can really look like and that its not just about hosting a dinner here and there, but about making your home and resources available whenever and where ever it is needed, beyond what this society would teach us to provide. Family goes beyond
blood lines, and that was reinforced to us here. We have come to feel comfort in the phrase "we're doing things a little different today" and the things that you can learn when that happens. This is a special group of people that we were blessed to be a part of for a short time The things we have learned from seeing your examples will stay with us always. We are so sad to be leaving you, but so happy just to have had the chance to be a part of this at all. I feel like there will always be a place in Cincinnati for us to come back to, so expect to see us for visits! We will miss you and we love you all.
The Allisons

WOW...what a challenge issued this morning by Ken. To spend an entire week speaking nothing but blessings on people instead of curses. But, if we try it, it will become, as everything else, a habit! I was raised with a particularly sharp tongue, and although the Lord has delivered me from all of the anger and bitterness in my life, this one will be a special challenge. I tend to speak very frankly...even at the cost of someone elses' feelings. The Lord has been working on me in that area too. I am going to pray and try very hard to remember to bless instead of curse. "Lord, restore my heart and renew my mind to give me the mind of Christ"! mark scherer