Valentines, birthdays, and Beyond.

February is full of celebrations in the Albright family. Jena had a birthday last Sunday. We had a nice time together as a family and rounded out the day with the Superbowl and all the million dollar commercial slots. Lauren turned 16 on Thursday, Valentines Day is two days away (note to self) and mom's birthday is at the end of the month. My niece, Nicole, turns 21 sometime this month too but at this point I can't remember when? Plenty of reasons to be thankful in February.

At Doulos Ministries we hosted the parents of our Big brothers and Big sisters last weekend for the annual Leadtime Parent Retreat. The week after next, we will be Beyond Shelterwood; an annual event in February where the entire staff serves the local community. Regular scheduled events including school are suspended. More on that to come. Spring Break is coming in March and during April we will host Shelterwood Parent Weekend and later, take a mission trip to Haiti. I will not be attending the Haiti trip but it will certainly be life-changing for the 20 folks that do. The Guys house is currently at 27 boys. The girls have 17.

We have been blessed with amazing Big brothers in our Doulos Discipleship program. They work hard to stay engaged and look for ways to impact the Shelterwood teens even through rejection and defiance. As you consider ways to pray for the ministry, please remember them. Nat, Zeb, Daniel, Jordan, Brent, Jonathon, Phillip, Robby and Jeremy. Fine young men.