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

high school

WOW!  We have sooooo much going on in the high school at the same time.  Sorry we have been lack on the ministry updates!  There are sooo many.

1) We have named our Youth Ministry.  The youth section will be called: the youthNATiON.  This speaks to us 2 things:

• Unity: We are a group of people, called to freedom in God, who will walk that out together everyday.
• Ownership:  We are responsible for our people group within the greater Wheaton area.  We are the “governers” of the youth nation here in Wheaton.

2) We are living out this Unity & Ownership through living out ACTS 2:42-47 everyday this summer!  Like a good friend just said, “Acts 2 is a floor, not a ceiling.”  We are striving to live out dynamic community in our youth this summer through purposeful times of hanging out, sharing the gospel, praying for the sick, and seeking God’s face like crazy.  The goal is to be more HUNGRY for God than when we started.

3) We just had a community event where we hosted the girls at the Hoxie’s house for a sleepover, and the boys took off with Austin for camping!  We had women of God and men of God talks!  They were great.  Our kids are hungry to honor God is their attitudes, their appearance and in relationships.  We talked about dating, appearance, and how to seek God’s face.  It was a highlight of the summer.

 

Thank you for your continued support & prayers for the youth in Wheaton. 

 

halle lue update

Thank you thank you for all of your prayers for little miss halle lue. Here’s a quick update!
 
1) She did AWESOME on the fast.  It was the grace of God.  She didn’t wake up until 8:45… the exact time we needed to leave to go to the hospital!  So she didn’t have to hang around the house w/o food and her normal schedule.  She normally wakes up at 7!  And at the hospital we didn’t have to wait to long.  She did sign language another mom that she wanted to eat the graham cracker the mom was holding, but that was quickly diverted w/ a paci. 
 
2) The reflux on her LEFT kidney is completely healed and gone!!!! Praise God!!  So this means that all the antibiotics she was needing to take, she doesn’t need any more!!!! YAY!  I wanted to sing and praise God right there in the hospital.
 
3) Her RIGHT kidney is still swollen, but is functioning at 20% capacity.  Because of that, they think there is a great chance of fixing her kidney so that she can have 2 fully functioning ones! This is SO encouraging because I can remember when they were telling us that she was only going to have 1 kidney! 
 
So all in all, it was a very encouraging time at the hospital.  We had total favor with the nurses, the doc, and had a overall very enjoyable time there. 
 
How can you still be praying?  

• She has surgery scheduled for this Monday, June 29th.  Please pray for a safe surgery, God-guided hands for the surgeon, a easy/quick surgery, healing, and rapid recovery.  She will not be able to do much for about a week after and will be recovering for a couple weeks. 
• Favor with doctors, & no transportation issues (the hospital is St. Lutheran in the city)
• Peace over Austin & I – and that we could minister to the nurses/doctors/patients at the hospital.

 
Love -
The Hoxie squad
Austin, Robyn & Halle Lue

halle lue hospital visit

hey all-

halle lue is going into the hospital all day tomorrow for tests on her kidney.  she’s going to be having a mag 3 renal scan and a vcug to test how her kidneys flow and how much her right one is blocked.  she is going to have to be sedated for the tests.

please pray for her & us:

1) for miraculous physical healing of her kidney and that it would be medically verified.  God has spoken several times that she is already healed

2) for favor w/ the nurses and doctors, the ability to love and share the gospel w/ them & to hear their wisdom through God’s lens

3) for protection over halle lue as she undergoes these tests and peace/grace to do the fast they put her on (for the sedation)

 

Thanks friends and family!!!