It's All Grace

a journey with the Thomason family

Author: Shay

  • Full To The Brim

    Bethany and I just walked back in to the house tonight after being a part of the Josiah Venture 20th anniversary celebration. It was an amazing night, filled with stories of changed lives, testimonies of God’s faithfulness, and a whole lot of praise about what God has done in Central and Eastern Europe. There was…

  • Conference Day 3 and Some Familiar Faces

    Today was the third full day of the fall conference. At one point I had a Czech leader come up to me and say “Ciao” and we began to talk. I think he and I had met a while back, but I couldn’t remember his name. He told me he wanted to meet some time…

  • The First Day of Fall

    It’s hard to believe it’s been 3 months to day since we boarded an airplane for Czech. The time has gone so quickly, and I sit here tonight amazed at how much the Lord has done. Admittedly, I’m pretty tired tonight. I just got home (it’s 11:30pm) from the second day of Josiah Venture’s fall…

  • Fall Conference: Day 1

    Today was the start of the Josiah Venture fall conference, which is what my team and I have been preparing for for a few months now. Tonight, at 7pm, we had our first session complete with an introduction to the theme, a time of worship, and even a few games. After the session, all the…

  • Camp Meetings

    In the above photo you can see my view for most of the day today. There were a few breaks in there for meals and some random things, but for the most part I spent my day in the back corner of a big conference room. I was attending and somewhat participating in the Josiah…