Praise the Lord!

We have some exciting news for everyone! We have accepted the senior pastor position at a wonderful church in central Pennsylvania.

We are currently in the process of arranging flights for Wade and I, scheduling the moving truck, setting up a final orthodontist appointment for Wade, and much more.

We will be leaving Ohio on Friday to drive to PA. We will stay with some of my family before going to the parsonage on Saturday morning. We have some shopping to do, since we got rid of some stuff in CA.

Judy and the two youngest boys will be staying in PA while Wade and I fly to CA to get some stuff done. They will be starting school while we are gone. All of the kids are lamenting about not wanting to go to school. They want to continue to be home schooled.

My official start date will be November 1, 2009.

Please continue to pray as we have much to do over the next month.

Alabama, Pennsylvania and Ohio!

We left Alabama a couple of weeks ago to head to Pennsylvania for a family reunion. It was great to be with family that I haven't seen in many years. We camped in my parent's RV with them. The boys loved climbing the big tree that was a part of our campsite. They also made homemade fishing poles out of the materials that we found around the pond. You would be surprised what you can find -- hooks, fishing line, bobbers and sinkers. We were able to catch several fish with bread.

We were able to visit with a church in Idaville, PA that we have interviewed with. The people there were very friendly. I was able to hear a pastor friend of our families preach. He is currently the interim pastor there. God is moving with this potential ministry location for us.

We spent a couple of hours at Chocolate World in Hershey, PA before going to eastern PA to visit with some friends. We had a wonderful time with the Fetterhoff family. It was great to be able to catch up with them and to talk about pastoral ministry with them. I came away excited about our future.

We drove to Ohio and have been staying with Judy's Grandma for nearly two weeks. I was able to preach at a small church in Deshler, OH. It has great potential. They are currently working on seperating from a denomination that accepts practices that are not Biblical.

We have been enjoying catching up with family and old friends in Ohio.

Please pray for God's clear direction for our future. Either one of the churches listed above would be a wonderful opportunity to serve our Lord!