Change a’coming

About a year and a half ago, the Lord started stirring our hearts; both Neil and I sensed change coming. We started praying specifically for our future. We approached the Lord with hands open to His leading. After several months of prayer, and research, and counseling with friends and family, we made a decision:

Neil & I are taking our family to YWAM (Youth With a Mission) Family Discipleship Training School. It is a 5 month program that involves 3 months of discipleship training (Knowing God) and a 2 month outreach (Making Him Known). The training segment takes place in Tyler, Texas, and begins July 1. This is a large commitment both in time and money. The Lord has blessed us with both- Neil is in transition out of his current job into something new (yet to be determined); the money piece of the question has been provided for in the form of selling our home. We see very clearly God’s direction & leading for our family, and we’re excited for this adventure!

While we’re very excited to GO, we are not so excited to LEAVE… We love our family, community, school and church families & will miss everyone greatly! Beyond the 5 months? We’re not sure. But we are sure that in the 5 months we’re away, the Lord will speak & lead & show us what is next. We would love to return to Michigan to resume life & ministry, but we wait on the Lord for direction concerning house/job on the other side of YWAM. We absolutely covet your prayers as we prepare to go, and go. 

We want to take y’all with us — we feel like this blog is a way to do that! We’ll be posting updates and news and stories as often as we can!