Mission

After years of doing the same old thing, Kevin and I find ourselves being called to do something more something different.  Feeling this pull on our hearts we find ourselves looking into our mission. God has called us to raise up and to live a life of service.  We have struggled greatly in our search but now find ourselves looking into overseas missions.  We are passionate, excited, and yes a little intimidated but truly believe that this is something God is calling us to do.  We are currently looking into opportunities to teach conversational English overseas for a year with a program called Teach Over Seas. Mean while, we are also looking into what it would take to go to Haiti with some other members of our congregation this coming March.  We are excited about where God might be leading our lives, and find ourselves while a little scared or intimidated by not only the daunting task of fundraising but the sacrifice it would mean to go overseas we are also ready to be RISK TAKERS for Christ.   We seek the prayers of our family and friends that we would feel God's pull, have the knowledge and discernment to understand where HE is calling us, and that we would have the courage to GO as he has called us to.   THANK YOU ALL For your continued love and support and for inspiring us to live our lives out as HE is calling us to.

We have spent so much time the last several years feeling dissatisfied and unfulfilled.  Pursuing with every ounce of energy a life of comfort, stability and family.  We have worked hard at our jobs, trying to scrape pennies together to save towards a house of our own, a second car, or just to be a little more comfortable.  I'm excited to say that God is working in our hearts and answering prayers to move us in HIS direction.  I'm no longer so caught up with the idea of having a nice house, and a comfortable life.  We instead find ourselves seeking a way to live our lives for Him.  As well as seeking a way to SHARE HIM and his news to the world.  We don't know where God is calling us, but we find ourselves thankful that we are once more hearing His call.  We ask for prayers as we continue to seek Him that we would have ears to hear and courage to listen and to follow Him!

The Good Life: "The Good Life" - Week 4

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The Good Life: "The Good Life" - Week 4: Week 4 - Matthew 6:10b "...your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." As I'm studying this passage this week, I'm shocked by the fa...

our struggle

These last few years have been a struggle, one that Kevin and I never imagined we would go through. While we don't know why God has placed this path of infertility before us, we know that he has a reason for everything. We are trying to be faithful and trying to remember this. Some days are easier then others, especially for me. I have so many friends expecting children, or who have already had them. I rejoice in their happiness and am truly thankful that God has blessed them with such an amazing blessing, but somewhere deep within a part of my heart aches every time I see another birth announcement, another announcement of pregnancy, or even the pictures of my precious friends and their beautiful bundles of joy in their arms. This combination of happiness and longing fill me, I look to God and ask one more time, when will it be our turn.... what is your plan? We stand here, faithfully on this path of infertility knowing that God has a plan, and as hard as it is to understand, I guess my only solace is that I know one day God will reveal his might plan, and IT WILL BE the perfect plan...HIS perfect plan. So as we continue along this path laid before us, We will continue to try to be faithful to the one that has placed it there, and we are glad that all our family and friends can join us as we live out and search for all that God has intended for us.

New

Man sometimes it feels like we don't do anything, and yet we are entirely too busy for not doing anything ;-). There have been lots of stuff going on between family issues up here and our new church activities, not to mention the new business we started life has just seemed to get CRAZY! I am super excited about our new business... abzuushops.com I think I will be good at it, and just look forward to more opportunities to help teach people a great way to save some money on their purchases :-). CRAZY CRAZY things are right now, but hopefully I can remember to update more, its just that I don't feel like I have much to share, life is pretty boring, but I kinda like that (at least sometimes)

recent wonderings

Kevin and I have been talking a lot lately about where our life is right now and where we want to be. After a recent trip back to Texas we realized just how much we miss it. We miss having good friends to spend the weekends with. Playing cards and enjoying good uplifting conversation. We miss the Texas environment and the friendly people. So why not move back? Well, we are considering it. The problem is we moved back to Colorado to be close to my family. I like that I am close to my family, though at times it gets overally dramatic and I don't know why I am living here close to them. Anyway, we miss Texas a lot and we always said we would move back one day. I knew coming back to Colorado would not be a perminant move... but could it only be a move for a couple of years? Could we really move back to Texas in another year or so. Unfortunatly I do not have the answer to this question right now. If it wasn't for my family, we would move back without a doubt. But there is more to consider here. If we move back where would we move...back to Lubbock? I don't know... only time will tell. On another note, I am looking into another Masters program. Not in Education and DEFENITLY not from ACU. I am actually considering a Masters in Family Life Education or a Masters in Counseling from LCU. I want to work with children and families but I do not want to do this through the education field. I don't know right now that I am going to start either of these programs or if I even want to. I am just looking at them. All I know is that as much as I love my job, I will not keep this job for more then another year as it barely pays the bills. I also have to consider what I will do if I return to Texas. How will I contribute to our finances and how will we eventually be able to reach our goal of being able to adopt a child. There are so many things we have to figure out. I can tell that there are many changes to come.

Vacation

We are so excited in less then a week we get to go back to Texas for a whole week. While a lot of our friends have moved out of Lubbock we are excited to be able to spend time with those that are still there. I never thought we would say this but we BOTH miss West Texas so much. Then again, its mainly the people. Therefore it would be nice if we could just move all our friends up here. Common the weather is wonderful most of the time. :-) And when you look to the west its not a red cloud of dust :-D. But in all seriousness we are supper excited. I will probably be posting on the reverse said of the trip how much we hated to leave.