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It’s Monday morning and this is the conclusion I have come to today. . .I Need a Wife! (hehe)

After a weekend of costumes and sugar, church, play dates and more election news, phone calls and political knocks at my door than I could ever hope for. . .welcome to my Monday!

(This is the one picture that I dare to share. . .if you could only see my kitchen. . .)

So, should I tackle the monster of my house, or should I just sit back and enjoy the kids Halloween candy when no one is looking?  Unfortunately, I have a feeling that no other wife is coming to my relief today and Samantha is no where in sight to wiggle her nose. . .so off to work I go.

Just thought that I would take a moment to let you know you’re not alone!!! 

Enjoy your week, ladies!

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posted by Amy Colón
To continue to connect even more, check out the church planting wives group on Facebook

Today I am choosing to turn it all off - the morning news, CNN, the computer and even the talk radio station in my car (my girls will be thrilled to finally get to hear Hannah Montana again).  I’m choosing to stop reading my latest book by Thomas Friedman, Hot, Flat and Crowded, and I’m not even going to log onto chase.com to check the status of my account.  Today I am choosing quiet.. .because my brain hurts.

Between the stock market reports and the presidential debates, I am quickly finding myself in need of recalibration.  My focus is off.  I’m tired of thinking so hard.  And so for me, I believe it’s time to take a step back and regain some much needed perspective today.  Our country is in crisis and all eyes are on us, but the reality is that nothing about who God called me to be has changed.  Nothing about who God is has changed.  And so this morning I am choosing to just be still. . .to enjoy laughing with my kids. . .to go eat ice cream. . .to talk with a neighbor. . .to reopen my eyes to the people around me. . .to love on someone. . .to call my grandmother. . .to take a nap. . .to re-watch “Dancing with the Stars” with my girls. . .  I just need to catch my breath. 

How about you?  Does your brain hurt?  Do you need to catch your breath today?  (Remember, Obama and McCain debate tonight - you’ve only got a few hours to take the break.hehe)
Why don’t you join me and just turn it off?  I guarantee it will be there when you get back.

Praying that you discover a day full of peace.

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posted by Amy Colón
To continue to connect even more, check out the church planting wives group on Facebook

Confessions of a Church Planting Wife (Part 2)

If I had to, I could live without a TV.  Ninety percent of my day is lived TV free.  But I love my Good Morning America.  And other than that, I must confess, I’m completely addicted to reality TV.  I don’t know why, but I can’t seem to shake it.  And I bet some of you can relate. . .

When Trista and Ryan got married, I was there.  When Emmitt and Cheryl won the coveted Dancing with the Stars mirror ball trophy, they did so because I voted for them every single night, using up all of my votes on 3 different phones as well as the internet.  When the next FoodNetwork Star was crowned, I cheered, and every time Jeff Lewis “flips out” I can’t help but laugh.  Between all of the bachelors and bachelorettes, Big Brothers and Amazing Races - not to mention the life of Jon and Kate Plus 8, I find myself hooked every time.

There is just something about entering into another person’s life for a brief time and escaping the reality that I call my own that beckons me at the end of a long day.  Sure, it’s great entertainment.  But why?  Why is the attraction so strong sometimes?  I personally think it’s about the escape.

As church planting wives we are on a never ending roller coaster ride.  Some days it’s thrilling.  Some days it’s terrifying.  And a lot of days it’s completely exhausting.  Some days all we really want to do is escape and let “Calgon take us away.”  Of course, we aren’t the only ladies who experience these emotions.  We live the reality of life just like anyone else.  But I have to tell ya, I’m so glad that at the end of the episode I get to enter into my own reality again.  Unlike so many of the TV shows, this life is truly real.  It is a life of walking alongside the Creator of the universe and continually stepping out in reckless abandon - trusting what can not be seen and observing what can only be orchestrated by a God that is bigger than all of my crazy days.  Can you imagine if they were to make a reality …

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Welcome to Glocalnet’s newest feature created just for church planting wives!  Today is our birthday – day #1 of the journey – and I’m so excited to celebrate together with you.  Each of you ladies already hold a special place in my heart.  I have been dreaming of connecting with you, loving on you, walking beside of you and enjoying our friendship for a lot of years.  Today is the birthday of that dream.  I hope you are equally as thrilled. I’m pretty sure that we are in for a fantastically wild ride as our stories begin to unfold.

My name is Amy Colón and I am a church planting wife in Superior, Colorado.  My story in a nutshell is this. . . 

Eleven years ago I married a wonderful man named Kevin, and almost immediately the craziness of our journey began.  Only weeks into marriage we both found ourselves in seminary and in youth ministry at NorthWood Church.  A few years later we moved back to Kentucky (where I’m from) to help start a church with Kevin’s best friend, Pete, just outside of the city where we went to college.  Two years after that Kevin and I moved back to TX with our then 1 year old daughter, Emma, to complete Northwood’s church planting internship program while we both finished seminary.  Another baby and 2 years later, the final step thus far took us trekking off to Boulder County, Colorado, to start Cool River Church.  Cool River Church is where we are today. . .6+ years later.

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