God's Perfect Timing!

Judy and I continue to wait for God's perfect timing. I know that no one else has experienced the frustration, doubt and fear of waiting for God's perfect timing. We are very eager to begin serving the Lord in the local church. I have to say that in my humanness I did not see our transition time taking this long. We have been living out of a suitcase for five weeks. This starts our sixth week. It is getting tough to come up with creative outfits to wear that I haven't already worn too many times.

We really appreciate your prayers as we continue to seek the Lord's direction. We asked you to pray for opened and closed doors. We received word last week from two churches, that we sent resumes too, that they are not going to consider us. Praise the Lord for answered prayer!

Homeschooling is going pretty well. The boys are settling in to their work each morning. They were highly motivated last Thursday and got both Thursday and Fridays work done. We left Friday afternoon to go camping with my parents for one night. The boys couldn't wait. We made camper pies over the open fire and roasted marshmallows for 'smores. Levi and I hicked through the woods. Wade and Seth balanced as they walked across the creek on a fallen tree. We also took in the Bug Bash (Volkswagon) on Saturday morning and were blessed to see a new friend that we made at the Homeschool gathering the Friday before. Her and her husband have a VW van that they entered in the Bug Bash. Her home church is currently in the middle of a pastor search, so I sent my resume to them. God works in wonderful ways!

Continue to pray for opened and closed doors. Pray for wisdom as I prayerfully consider seminary classes. Pray that Judy and I will be content, restful and patient during this transition.

Florida and Alabama!

Well, it has been a little while since I last updated the blog. So, I wanted to give you an update.

We spent a week in Florida with Judy's parents, which was awesome!!! The boys loved going to the pool almost every day. They also loved riding bikes that Grandpa had waiting for them. Seth and I did the most fishing at the pond in the development. I had three bass on, but only landed one 12 incher. It was nice to relax by the water and baptize some fake worms. We spent one morning enjoying the water park at Cypress Gardens. We also took a trip to Downtown Disney to look at all of the stuff we couldn't buy. All three boys were able to purchase a LEGO kit at the LEGO store there. We were able to visit with Judy's brother, wife and daughter while we were there. It was such a blessing to have cousin Katie and our boys together. It doesn't happen very often.

We had a safe trip to Stuart's parents place in Alabama. We have been here one week now. It was a good week. The boys enjoyed several days of playing with their two cousins (my brother's girls). The girls will start school the middle of this coming week. We have been to the pool almost every day at the community center where my parent's have a membership. There are diving boards there, so we have been enjoying jumping, diving and flipping (only the two oldest boys). I never learned how to flip. I have been able to tag along with my Dad as he does pastor stuff. That has been a real joy. It is like on-the-job training. We have been to a pastor's prayer meeting, hospital visitation and a mentoring group. The rest of my time has been spent preparing and sending out additional resumes and following up with church contacts that friends have forwarded to me. I have two important meetings this week -- one is a phone call with a church in NJ and the other is a dinner with some high school friends, who have a really good contact with a large church in Atlanta that is continually planting churches.

We are continuing to pray for opened and closed doors. Please pray as we sift through all of the details to enroll the boys in a Church school here in Alabama. Church school is what they call Home schooling. It all feels very overwhelming, but God is in control!