coffee drink of the day

ok best coffee drink ever!  try the raspberry white chocolate mocha at caribou! seriously….  they use really chocolate in the coffee….  definitely a splurge drink calorie-wise… but worth it.  thanks austin!!! he gives me every fri morning off to go spend some extra time w/ Jesus.  I’m super thankful for that.

and thanks to all you who were praying for Halle Lue -ya  last night.  She has been sick w/ a major cough and hasn’t been sleeping AT ALL through the night.  she just woke up 2x last night and didn’t have a fever at all.  we got some much needed sleep  it was a serious breakthrough!!

and keep rebecca krishnamurthy in your hearts today – she’s working on getting baby NIK delivered!!!!

and you are super Enjoyed by God.  ;)

love love – the hoxies

we love nemo

halle lue hoxie looooooooooves nemo.  i mean loves.  as i sit here and watch pieces of it with her, i wonder, what is this teaching my child? what world view is she incorporating into her little 19 mo. old mind through this movie?

what i want her to learn is that her daddy will stop at nothing to come find her, no matter where she is.  and also that her “Big Daddy” – God – is that way times a million.  ”if your early fathers give you good gifts, how much more does your heavenly father’.

austin in south africa – jan 2010

We are really enjoying in the beginning of 2010 the enjoyment of the Father.  God really really really really likes us – not just loves b/c he has to – but likes us, a lot.  And he likes you a lot too.  No matter where you are.

On a “serious” note, we just had our 1st youth leadership meeting this last sunday.  i am SO excited to see what these kids are going to do in their very own little churches – or life groups.  what is AWESOME to see is that the kids we are investing in are starting to invest in their friends.  we have 3rd generation disciples being made!  these kids are going to change the world.

it is extremely sad to leave them as we head off to Colorado.  pray for the next youth pastors to come soon! i know that this new couple will be full of fire for God and take the ACC:W youth so much farther!

playtime w/ halle lue

much love and see ya soon

new years resolution

ok. we are making a PUBLIC resolution.  one you can and should hold us responsible to… WE ARE GOING TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON A CONSISTENT BASIS (WEEKLY) from this blog.  Your investment in our lives, through reading this blog, praying for us, financially supporting our ministry is uber important to us.  Count on hearing about it!

So my (Robyn) new title in the family is Connection Manager – or Updates Administrator – or whatever you want to call it…. on top of my other titles.  I’m extroverted… I can handle it! 

So here are our updates in list form to get you up to speed:

1) The New year is here!  Austin got back from leading our Night ATS trip to South Africa on the 9th.  This team of 14 saw 40 people get saved and several churches planted in 2 weeks!  And when Austin got back, he had (and continues to sport) a mustache.

2) Baby Jack Daniel Hoxie is due March 19th, 2010.  Yes, we are having a baby.  He is a boy.  And Halle Lue is excited.  Blair Mirabito – my friend and church plant team leader to Colorado – is planning a baby shower for me on February 27th! Thank you Blair!! Let me know if you want/need details.

3) And on that note, we are officially going to Colorado.  Fort Collins, Colorado that is!!  We are moving the end of July this year – 2010!!  We are in the process of transitioning out of our responsibilities here in Wheaton as well as raising up more people to join our ministry support team to reach Colorado.  We are excited to share all that God is doing in Colorado with a team – we are excited to see what God does through us!!!

Funny Updates:

1) Robyn backed into a UPS truck. No one was seriously injured… or anywhere close to it.  Except for the station wagon… his wagon isn’t lookin so hot. 

2) While Austin was away, Robyn couldn’t seem to keep her feet underneath her… or she just wanted to sit in 12 inches of fluffy white snow.

3) Halle also likes to sit in snow (in tights)… but it’s more her choice right now.  We are working through learning how to walk holding mommy/daddy’s hand like a big girl in prep for baby Jack.

4) Halle calls all of her animals by the noise they make… ie. she calls her frog RiRi after ribbit ribbit.  Kitty Kitty is also named Mow. 

Ok that is it for now!  Again feel free to let me know if I’m not holding up my end of the resolution.  love you all!!!!

 

salvation

Hey hey everyone,  last night at lifegroup we had slavation!!!  one of our stronger student’s, best friend, who was a self professed purposeless athiest had to give in to the love of Jesus!!!  It is a huge boost  for our faith as many of our students have been beliving that He would have an encouter with God that He couldnt resist.

We are in transition with the youth small groups.  We have felt from the Lord that our next multiplication is going to come as we raise up and release student leaders.  So Robyn and I have been interning some student leaders in preparation to take our two gender specific lg’s and make them two multigender lg’s with a male and female high school leader in each one. 

It has been a real test for me and Robyn to release our students to lead,  knowing that they dont have all the practical tools and experience to lead.  But we are learning that its not the tools or experience as much as thier ability to have relationship with God, hear Him, and obey, especially when its hard.  Now dont get me wrong we are giving them all the tools we can to prepare them,   but these kids are going to lead thier piers because of thier relationship with Jesus, not a practical skill or tool.   The most encouraging thing is this is where I was three years ago when people entrusted Robyn and I to lead and have been committed to our santification, now we get to do the same thing!

Glory…

Anyways thanks for following us!  Step in to Heaven today, weve got access any time!!!!  Heb 4:16

-Austin

here’s some joy

joy

in tx….

hi all-

we just got back from the US Church Planting Conference in Orlando.  It was a fun ride, full of laughter, warm temps, and great fellowship.

now we are in TX visiting the fam and updating people on what we are doing.  we give you more of an update and pics soon.

 

much love-

robyn

wow what a night

i, robyn, am sitting here exhausted after a crazy life group that lasted almost 4 hours.  yes, 4 hours!  high school students are HUNGRY to meet with a real God.  not just hear about Him, but meet Him.

And that’s what happened tonight.  In our current sermon series, Jonathan is talking about “exploring our freedoms” or living a true life that dynamically encounters God.  right now we are talking about lies that keep us from the fullest of God.  tonight a lot of those were exposed in the high school.  from:  why did God make us if we are so flawed? to why can’t a live a crazy life and have God too?  this discussion lasted over an hour.

but what did we find out?  that God is the lover of all lovers who created us to choose Him.  it’s all about choosing relationship with God.  tonight we have 5 new girls hear it in a way that opened their hearts.  they are hungry.  they wanted my phone number!  a mom!  hahahahaha.

anyway, pray for the HS at ACC:W:

1) that they get plugged into GOD.  they want to experience God. pray for dreams & visions & dynamic encounters with Him.

2) that they get plugged into community – life group and discipleship.

3) that they are set on fire to take this to their friends, family, high schools, colleges, jobs, & nations!

 

 

lastly – quick halle lue update.  the stint got removed last week.  it all went great.  she will have 2 more tests run in 2 months to be the last evaluation of the surgery.  it should all be done.  pray for healing and for a successful right kidney!

long summer days

Austin here, hope the summer is outstanding! I am getting warmed up to go hit the long ball in my last regular season softball game for the summer, so thought i would jot a few words. (our softball team by the way is awesome, we have already won two games this season)

The summer has been a blast, Halle’s surgery was a bit inconvenient but she is recovering well and the Lord’s grace has been awesome in overcoming fear and anxiety in it!
the Lord is continuing to do great things in the youth in the city. We had a gathering event toward the end of June where we invited anyone and everyone we saw and had a downtown wheaton wide treasure hunt. From that we have seen three girls repent of former lifestyles and get plugged in and after Jesus!
We also had a few kids head up to milwaukee last weekend where after a kid tryed to sell them some drugs they led him to Jesus!
It has been so encouraging seeing Jesus move in these kids as they walk away from sin patterns, sharing the Gospel and experiencing freedom!

Halle, also enjoying the long summer days

Thanks everyone for following our lives this!  WE are blessed by you guys and hope everyone is having a rocking summer

surgery update

Yay! Surgery is over.  We just wanted to update everyone on how everything went.   Thank you for all your prayers!

 

Halle did so well.  The surgery went off without a hitch and they were able to repair her right kidney.  They basically just had to remove  “the kinked hose” and straighten out her uretur (the tube that connects the kidney to the bladder).  Once they did that, they were able to drain and reshape where her kidney had been swollen.  All in all, this should be the last surgery she needs! 

 

She responded so well that all the tubes were taken out early Tuesday morning and we were discharged that afternoon.  We have been resting at home, but she is back to her usual self, bouncing in her bed, laughing and smiling. 

 

Austin & I are doing well also!  We were able to walk in peace.  I didn’t even cry!  We are so thankful to God for this process.

 

What Next?

• 2 week follow-up appointment with the uralogist
• 4-6 weeks out Halle will have a stint taken out in an outpatient procedure
• Follow-up with the same tests she had before the surgery to see how everything is healing
• Monitoring with ultrasounds for a few months

 

Thanks again for walking with us. 

Austin & Robyn & Halle Lue

halle lue’s surgery

hi all-

please pray for halle lue tomorrow.  she has surgery to correct the flow of her right kidney.  the surgery is at 11 CST.  Thanks!

 

robyn