It's All Grace

a journey with the Thomason family

Author: Shay

  • Late Summer Cold and Christmas Music

    Well that didn’t take long. Last night I wrote that the family had all gotten sick, except for me. But today I was sneezing and sniffling the latter half of the day and I can feel my throat getting a little sore. When I told someone at the Josiah Venture office today that I was…

  • Sunday is For Sickness

    It finally happened. The first round of colds have hit the Thomason family and so far it has claimed three victims. Bethany, Titus, and Avery have had coughs, sneezes, and some sore throats the past two days with today being the worst. I was going to go to church by myself this morning but Bethany…

  • My Last Day on the Job (One Year Ago Today)

    One year ago today, I worked my very last day after spending six and a half years with John Paul Mitchell Systems (aka “Paul Mitchell,” the hair care company). I worked as a production graphics person, mostly responsible for product packaging (e.g. the shampoo bottles). Paul Mitchell was a company that took very good care…

  • We’re A Little John Deere Green

    We’re still new to Czech. We’re still new to this town. Some might call us so new that we’re “green.” You know the phrase, “He’s a little green.” It means you’re a novice or a newbie. Tonight we felt a little “green” walking around our little town. Now, we were the only family walking around…

  • Getting Excited About Fall Conference

    Even though my team is hard at work on a lot of different projects right now, I’m getting excited about our upcoming fall conference. I think it’ll be the largest Fall conference JV has put on and many youth ministry leaders throughout Central and Eastern Europe will be here. Today I was asked to teach…