Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Decisions

Aaron and I have a lot of decisions to make soon. Aaron resigned from our church here in Louisville as the youth pastor. It is a very tough situation and we know that God has a bigger plan that we just can't see right now. We love the students at that church and have made some great friends. We are living right now in a house that the church owns and let us live in while Aaron was on staff there. One of the decisions we have to make is where we will be living. Aaron doesn't have much time left in school and we don't know where God will call us when he is finished. We are praying right now for an answer on where we should go as far as our home. I told the boys yesterday that we were going to be moving and Isaac was really upset. He just doesn't understand why. I reassured him he will get to stay in school with his friends and that seemed to make things a little better. As hard as this has been, we definetly already see some things we can be thankful for. One big thing is that we still have medical insurance. I was reminded last night how important that was when Cade had one of his bad headaches. He has his neurosurgeon appointment coming up on September 2nd and we are so thankful that we won't have to worry about insurance with all the other things on our plate right now.

As our friends, we just really need your prayers. Like I said we have lots of decisions to make especially, what to do about our home. Also, Aaron has a class load this semester and is also worrying about our financial situation. He is a little overwhelmed right now. I was able to work an extra day at my job and he has several painting opportunities coming up. Don't forget our massive dog we have too! I am not real sure what we will do with Bella but I do know it would kill the boys if we have to get rid of her.

We know that we serve a God who is upset and hurting with us right now and also is going to take care of us. I was reminded this morning of a few verses in James. James 1:2-4 says "Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness and let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing."

We have such awesome friends! Several of our friends have volunteered their homes for us to stay with them, offered Aaron painting work and offered to help with the packing. We have been blessed in so many ways already through this and can't wait to see what God has in store through this situation that doesn't seem to0 fun right now.