New life, new wheels, new opportunities, new, new, new

We have been waiting (and procrastinating) to update this blog until we could announce the birth of Charles Ezra Lapp!!  Magan did amazing and her labor was actually really quick.  Whenever we tell her labor story to other mothers they just can't believe how incredible it was, we really praise God for that. One thing is for sure though.  Magan is very glad to not be pregnant anymore.  She really doesn't enjoy that :).  Ezra is doing well.  He is 2 weeks old now and slowly gaining weight.  We really love our two boys.  Elliot wasn't so sure about Ezra at first, but is slowly warming up to him.  The first few days were rough for Elliot because we were in the hospital and he didn't understand what was going on.  However, we have been very blessed to have Magan's mom with us to help with this transition.

In other news, we just realized we never announced that we just got a car!  This has been very exciting for us and has made getting around Taipei a little easier with a family.  Although, finding a parking spot in the city can be difficult, the conveniences far out-weigh the minor inconveniences.  We really want to thank everyone that gave to help us get our first car.  It is a '99 Toyota Tercel.

Ministry Plans - Current and Upcoming

In Current news, Keith is teaching in Taipei City in a youth bible study.  They range from 12 or 13 to 22 years old.  It is a really fun group and most of them are involved in their church in some form or another.  In addition to this, we still have a non-believer Bible study in our home and we are still teaching English at the Rock Coffee Bar.

In August we are going to a country in SE Asia to run a Titus Program for some church planters. We are excited about this opportunity and will talk about this in  upcoming posts.

Recently, we were asked if we would be interested in leading the 2014 February Titus Project in Taiwan.  We prayed about it and felt like this was something we were supposed to do.  We feel like this is a big task, but we believe that God is much bigger than our shortcomings.  Our leaders,  Michael and Amy (Amy is the founder of Titus Project) really have everything so organized that stepping into this role should be a little easier.  Also, they are here to give advice, share their experiences, and train us as leaders.  We feel very blessed to learn from them.

In next month's blog we will share about the Titus Project program that recently finished.  We sent out 7 Bible teaching teams to various countries and saw God do some amazing things in people's lives.