Here we go...

I have so much I still want to do to this blog- adding pictures, etc. I recognize, however, that could take awhile and I just want to go ahead and start writing. Hopefully pictures will come soon. Who knew these things could take so long!
I am starting this blog in order to one day share with our girls all that the Lord has done. I also want to use it as a way to document their days as infants/toddlers. I know that these days will pass way too fast! Most people will probably be bored to tears reading this because it is just our story. My prayer is,however, that by sharing this God's name will be glorified and you who are reading it will be drawn to Him. My heart is truly filled with awe and such joy as I look back and see all the mighty works of the Lord!
I guess the best place to start would be while we were still in North Carolina. We had been married and living in N.C. for about 3 and a half years. Mike was a meteorologist and I was teaching first grade. For about 2 years of that time, Mike was feeling the Lord drawing his heart toward something else. He became very discontent and "antsy" in his current job.Through much prayer and several key conversations with other believers, it became clear that Mike and I were being called into full-time ministry.
When we knew we were being called we started looking for seminaries. Mike did his research and really liked all that he read and heard about a seminary in KY. He loved the history and many of the professors there. Ultimately though, we decided that we would go to seminary wherever we could both find jobs. "Isn't that the wise thing to do"? we thought. Who would move without a job? We both started praying and asking the Lord for jobs. Mike applied for meteorologist positions all over the country. One of the positions he applied for was a weekend job in KY.
He ended up getting a call from the station there. They asked for a new resume tape, etc. and seemed to really like Mike. We just knew that this was the Lord answering our prayers and that he would get the job. So Mike started the LONG application process to get into seminary and I prepared to look for jobs in the KY school system.
Several weeks went by and we heard nothing back from the news station. It became clear that Mike did not get the job like we had hoped. We were very disappointed and started to second guess God's will for us. Summer was fast approaching and neither of us had job prospects. Maybe we should just wait to attend seminary? Maybe Mike should do classes online? We wrestled with these questions and many more as we continued to seek the Lord's will.
During this time, Mike mentioned to me that we might should consider moving without jobs. "What?" I thought he was crazy! Quit our jobs with steady incomes, move to a new state with no place to live, and look for jobs once we got there?  That was not the order of doing things in my mind. No way!
A couple of weeks after finding out Mike did not have a job in Louisville, we were introduced to a friend of a friend who was also a pastor. We had dinner with he and his wife. To make a long story shorter, they spoke truth into our lives about stepping out on faith. They talked to us about trusting the Lord to meet our needs if this was something we knew he was calling us to do. They showed us examples in the Bible of God's people trusting the Lord in this way. After being reminded of these examples and much prayer we knew stepping out in faith was what the Lord was asking us to do. Scared but filled with hope, we made plans to drive to KY to find a place to live. To be continued...