Thursday, March 1, 2012- A Change of Plans

I have to admit that I am a planner. I need to know the starting point and ending point of any situations. Most of you know that I love to read, but you may not know how I start every book I read. I read the first chapter and the last two pages of every book I pick up to read. Many people think this ruins the book, but for me it make the book more interesting to see things play out throughout the story to get to the ending. It also helps me make a decision on if I really want to read the book. I have been doing this routine since high school, but I just realized that I follow this same routine with movies. I am not a random movie watcher. Every movie I want to see is based on a book that I have already read, so I already know the ending. When we do watch a movie at home I google the movie and you know the place that says "spoiler alert," well that is where I click and read what will happen in the movie. This is just a small glimpse into my obsession with knowing what is going to happen!!

My life since March 3, 2004 has been anything but planned, but that is another story. Most of you know that our plans to move to Chicago this summer has been delayed a year. There have been many factors that have come up in the past few weeks that made us feel that God's was wanting us to wait one more year. This decision has not been easy for us. Especially for me, who does not do well with a change in the plans,but since our decision we see how God is continuing to move us toward this goal. I guess the most frustrating part of this delay is that nothing seems ever to be easy for us. We feel God's calling for us in Chicago but here we are another year. I have also struggled because I feel like those who discouraged us are secretly pleased with our delay. We are ready to be in the city and start our ministry, but yet here we are, waiting. Seems like the story of our life.

I am happy that I will be teaching first grade again at my school. I love my job and I am thankful that we are not eager to move because of a bad situation. We are still trying to sell our house. We did get an offer a few weeks ago but it did not work out. We have a showing at 3:30 on Saturday and we are still hopeful we will sell it by summer.

I ask that you will continue to pray for us in our waiting. Pray that we will be able to build our team and that we will continue to grow and search what God has for us in our future ministry.

Found this quote that I thought fit our situation.

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He may delay because it would not be safe to give us at once what we ask: we are not ready for it. To give ere we could truly receive, would be to destroy the very heart and hope of prayer, to cease to be our Father. The delay itself may work to bring us nearer to our help, to increase the desire, perfect the prayer, and ripen the receptive condition. "

George Macdonald

The girls went to a birthday party and got these little crowns:)