It's been a long time since we have updated.
Here is the recap:
On Memorial Day weekend we moved into the perfect home.
The Lord orchestrated every single detail of the move.
We were in awe!
We have been having monthly prayer meetings, and the Lord has been knitting our hearts together with the people who are involved.
We are being taught many, many lessons. We are being stripped of pride, ambition and anything that will become a hindrance to God in bringing about His plan in His time.
We are still traveling up to Belfast to worship at the Calvary Chapel there, and have recently begun helping with the Children's Worship ministry.
We are listed as missionaries on the church home page of Moriah Chapel, in Cardiff, CA. The pastor, Rick Greene, is a longtime friend of Randy's. They have been been encouraging each other frequently, and their church is actively praying for what God is doing, and going to do! In fact, we really believe that the two ministries are going to be connected somehow - like sister churches, or something like that.
In the meantime, we are learning very difficult lessons on waiting.
But God is faithful, and has not left us to our own devices -- Praise Him for that!
We say all the time that this is His church.
And if we really believe that, then we are going to wait for His timing.
That's all for now!
Thanks for praying!
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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Unexpected Road Trip
We are an Apple family.
We love the products. We don't necessarily like the way that they update and upgrade ALL. THE. TIME. and how exclusive they are, but we love our MacBooks, and our iPods and.... yeah.
On Saturday night the charger for our MacBooks died. No matter what outlet we tried, and even after visiting the support site and doing all the troubleshooting steps, Nada. My(Meredith's) school laptop was dead, and our own laptop was charged, but that wouldn't last long.
Therefore, we planned a quick little trip into Boothbay so that I could pick up the charger for my school laptop. Once we got there, I tested out the charger, and surprisingly enough, it worked. *facepalm*
Rather than get annoyed, we have learned that there is a reason for all things. There must have been a reason for our spontaneous trip into Boothbay.
While we did not see anyone, or find the perfect house, we did have a lovely time, and did feel the sense that God is TRULY calling us there. It was a beautiful day.
At one point, I remembered a word of prophesy that Randy and I had received shortly after we met. I was leading worship at a friends church for a monthly worship and prayer evening. We had been together only a couple of weeks. One of the pastors of the church came over to us during the prayer portion and proclaimed that he had a "word" for us from the Lord. "You (looking at Randy) will bring the people to Christ, and your (looking at Meredith) music will be what draws them in."
Whoa.
At that time, I was leading worship for the Youth Group that Randy was leading. That was the whole premise of our meeting each other! ( He needed a musician. Ended up with a fiance. Weird. :) )
So naturally, we assumed that the word was applying to our work with the youth. However, since the Lord brought it to my mind again, and because it is resonating with us again so strongly, we feel that it was REALLY about this new chapter of our lives.
The Lord keeps confirming, and confirming to us what He is preparing to do. We are so excited, scared, and completely humbled! But let me tell you -- unexpected road trips will will never be looked at the same way again!
We love the products. We don't necessarily like the way that they update and upgrade ALL. THE. TIME. and how exclusive they are, but we love our MacBooks, and our iPods and.... yeah.
On Saturday night the charger for our MacBooks died. No matter what outlet we tried, and even after visiting the support site and doing all the troubleshooting steps, Nada. My(Meredith's) school laptop was dead, and our own laptop was charged, but that wouldn't last long.
Therefore, we planned a quick little trip into Boothbay so that I could pick up the charger for my school laptop. Once we got there, I tested out the charger, and surprisingly enough, it worked. *facepalm*
Rather than get annoyed, we have learned that there is a reason for all things. There must have been a reason for our spontaneous trip into Boothbay.
While we did not see anyone, or find the perfect house, we did have a lovely time, and did feel the sense that God is TRULY calling us there. It was a beautiful day.
At one point, I remembered a word of prophesy that Randy and I had received shortly after we met. I was leading worship at a friends church for a monthly worship and prayer evening. We had been together only a couple of weeks. One of the pastors of the church came over to us during the prayer portion and proclaimed that he had a "word" for us from the Lord. "You (looking at Randy) will bring the people to Christ, and your (looking at Meredith) music will be what draws them in."
Whoa.
At that time, I was leading worship for the Youth Group that Randy was leading. That was the whole premise of our meeting each other! ( He needed a musician. Ended up with a fiance. Weird. :) )
So naturally, we assumed that the word was applying to our work with the youth. However, since the Lord brought it to my mind again, and because it is resonating with us again so strongly, we feel that it was REALLY about this new chapter of our lives.
The Lord keeps confirming, and confirming to us what He is preparing to do. We are so excited, scared, and completely humbled! But let me tell you -- unexpected road trips will will never be looked at the same way again!
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