Monday, June 12, 2006

We Begin Our Journey



So we sold our house and dare not to look back. We are so excited to start our adventure with Christ as our guide. Today marks our fourteen year wedding anniversary. It is by no accident that God has brought us together and through the years nurtured and fed. Yes I cannot lie I do feel as though I were jumping off a cliff, but I know my God is there to catch me, and on His wings I will fly.

My name is Amy as you've heard I am married and a mother of three. Boy 13, girl 7, and boy 5. We have been christians for almost all of our lives, our children have attended church since each was about 2 weeks old. Do not be fooled, eventhough we have been faithful to our church for many years our faithfulness to God has waxed and waned throughout the years. Thank goodness He is a God of mercy and longsuffering. For without this all hope would have been lost. God uses the weak and frail, and by all accounts we qualify. My husband is in sales and actually making a descent salary, I am a nurse working super part time while raising the kids. He has called us into fulltime ministry this year, and Lord willing my husband will start seminary in the fall. We are leaving our jobs and heading up to Missouri. This of course is were the rubber meets the road. Were we have decided to give up our "stuff" and follow our call. We hope to finish school in about 1.5-2.0 years. From there where to?? well we are not sure... definetly world missions. Not sure what country. The problem is it all sounds good. There are so many places that are in need of what Jesus gives. We are taking a trip to Kenya at the end of this month and ask that God would burden our hearts for a people.

This is where we meet. At this crossroad in our life where we decided to put our faith in Christ, that he will provide for us and that he will use our lives to make an impact for the kingdom, all ultimately for his glory. We begin our journey.