More Levi Pictures For Your Viewing Pleasure

Well, I got home yesterday around lunch time and the kids were more excited to see Levi than me! I am totally exhausted and recovering from my tubal operation. The incision is just below my belly button, the perfect place for Levi to lay on when nursing and it just feels so good! Ha ha! My lower back is real sore from the spinal block as well, but every day I feel better and better. Last night was heaven to sleep in my own bed (no nurse coming in to poke me or Levi at ungodly hours!) Levi was up every 1.5 to 2 hours, but I still slept really well...the sleep deprivation has begun to affect me though and I only pray he begins to sleep through the night as soon as possible! These are a few pics I wanted to share. Thanks to all for the kind emails, we are so blessed. And a BIG THANKS to my MOM who has been a wonderful HELP since I went into labor Monday night! MOM, YOU DESERVE A MEDAL! Love, Rose

Levi Martin Luther Starr

The little man decided to show up on monday evening and to show up quick. He was born at 11:49pm (06/26/06) after only a bit over two hours of labor. His birth weight was 8lbs 13oz (our smallest baby) and he was 19 and 3/4inches long. He looks like a winner. We think we'll keep him.










More to come later.

NO, he's not here yet!

I am still pregnant and feeling very, very, very full! We actually have a busy week ahead of us with the EFCA National Conference, so I guess I am ok with the boy waiting till next weekend, but it's not up to me! One of the last things in life that I can't plan...but God has it planned and I am pretty sure He knows the best time for our boy to show up!
Bedhead likes the baby's car seat...just his size!

My little cutie keeps me laughing!

~Rose

VBS & Sports Camp -Last Day

These pics are from the last day of VBS and Sports Camp put on by BUMP and our church. The week went very well. We made a lot of contacts with people in the neighborhood and look forward to connecting with them. Tonight is our last Sunday meeting at Antioch Baptist. Next Sunday, July 2nd we're having another BBQ outreach in Curtis Park in the afternoon and the following Sunday will begin meeting there on Sunday mornings at 10:30. We are excited about how easy it will be for people in the neighborhood to walk over and join us. It will be nice to meet in the mornings again as well. Pray that God directs us for the fall as to where He wants us to be. We'd love to be in the neighborhood and still meet in the mornings...we obviously need a building for winter, and we trust that God has a place for us. That's church-planting for you...learning to be flexible! Thanks for all your prayers over the week...it was wonderful and God has blessed us indeed!




~Desi and Rose Starr

VBS & Sports Camp -Day 3

The weather kept some people away today, but the week is going very well! Thanks for all the prayers!




~Rose

VBS & Sports Camp -Day 2

VBS & Sports Camp -Day 1

I know these are sideways, I'll figure it out later and hopefully turn them the right way! Sorry! ~Rose

APC and BUMP...

These pics are from this afternoon at Curtis Park. The BUMP (Bridging Urban Missions Projects) group set up games with prizes, soccer, face painting and cooked 500 hot dogs to give away. They handed out fliers and signed up 75 neighborhood kids for VBS up to age 10 and a sports camp age 11 and up for the rest of this week. Please pray that the neighborhood kids and their caregivers and parents would come out, that we would bless them and they would come to know Jesus in a real way. Starting the 2nd Sunday in July, we'll be meeting in that park on Sunday mornings for church and will be giving invites out all this week. We'll keep you posted as to this week and how it's going (unless I go into labor and am in the hospital, which I am more than ready for!). We covet your prayers and are blessed to have the BUMP group out to help us all week. By the way, the BUMP group is 47 teens and leaders from Minnesota, Arizona, Kansas and Colorado Springs...pretty cool.

Kids LOVED the face, hand and arm painting!

A beautiful, but hot day at Curtis Park.

Hope and her best friend Abby...notice the cheek paintings!

~Rose

Happy Father's Day!

We met my parents at Village Inn for a late breakfast. The dads enjoyed their home-made cards!

After breakfast we headed downtown to La Pizza Del Art (a 2 day chalk art festival). Here are only a few of the many amazing works of art done right on the street! Pity that cars will be driving over these in just a few hours! Enjoy!




And perhaps the most beautiful piece of all...

~Rose

Goodbye Lisa! We Miss You Already!

Our friends Lisa and Brent are moving away! Lisa left last week and Brent will be gone in another month. We love them so much and will miss them terribly...after all "Uncle Bent is my best fiend" (Owen). Hopefully we'll make it to their wedding this fall!



These are a few fun shots of the kids I recently took...look at those cute toes down there!



~Rose

June 2006 Update

Desi and Rose Starr
Ancient Paths Church
Inner City Urban Missionaries

APC Happenings… We had our second gathering event last month at Carrie Schnur’s house. She invited a lot of unchurched friends she had not been in contact with in a while. We bought a volleyball net to use for gatherings and outreaches this summer and people had a blast playing games. We connected with a few families and look forward to seeing them again. Pray for us as we seek God’s wisdom for the summer months. It looks like we will stop meeting at Antioch Baptist and use Curtis Park (the most central park to downtown neighborhoods) on Sunday mornings for the months of July and August, which would transition us to mornings. We’d need to find another building to meet in before it gets cold, and Desi currently has a few leads. As stated in our last newsletter, we have quite a bit of ministry going on for this month into July and our baby is due the 24th of June. Pray for us! The third week of June we will host BUMP (Bridging Urban Missions Projects) which will be a weeklong VBS/outreach event in Curtis Park. There will be about 30 people coming in from 4 states to help! The EFCA National Conference is June 27th-29th. We are planning a large outreach for Sunday July 2nd in Curtis Park and will hand out fliers inviting people to join us at the park on Sunday mornings for the rest of the summer. Please pray for unity of heart and vision for us as a church and a willingness to lay our lives down for other to know the love of God in sending His Son to die for our sins. Thanks so much, we are blessed indeed. ~The Starr Family

Happy Birthday Abby!

Hope's best friend Abby just turned 7 on June 5th. They enjoyed a tea party and no little brothers!

Desi Turns 30 and Has A Mustache Party to Celebrate

Desi thinks that to sport a good mustache you need to be at least 30 years old, therefore the theme to his 30th birthday party. A few of us met downtown at the Rialto Cafe for dinner and Tim Bergon came in about half way through dinner to surprise Desi for his birthday. He flew in for 2 days especially for Desi...what a good friend!
Scott Pipher, Josh Kylander, Desi the b-day boy and Tim Bergon (a fake mustache)

Josh the "Coach" won for best costume.

Bowling at Jillian's in the Colorado Mills Mall.

More bowling pics...Scott, Desi, Lisa, Brent and Lori. Brent and Lisa got engaged later that night...CONGRATS!

Brent and Desi

Basketball fun...

Josh knows a guy who works at Jillian's and we got a bunch of cards filled with credits to play video games, air hockey, basketball, ect... We all stayed up too late, but had a great time. Thank you everyone who came and for the fun gifts! The potato guns were great Scott!
~Rose