A belated update:
Last spring a clear calling was made in my life to peruse new employment. This led to a time of very purposeful and focused prayer on the next chapter in our lives. The result was a direct answer with a new position with Geek Squad @ the Children’s Hospital. Not surprisingly, the opening became available the very last day after a planned week of prayer. Still that wasn’t the only answer that came from this time. I began to question again the call that has been stirring in my heart for many years. In a very clear way God answered, which is another story for another day. So, to get to my point finally, I am now seeking the training and recognition of the church as a Pastor. In March of 2010, the board of deacons at AFLTS approved us for seminary. We Praise God! Now here’s where we need prayer.
Seminary limits me to part time work, for more focus on the study of God’s word. Part time work equals less money. If we sell our house we 1) live on campus and get to enjoy being with the family of God on campus 2) save about half of the cost of our mortgage. However, with the market as bad as it is we will have to pay thousands of dollars to sell the house… but I’ll get back to that in a minute.
In the meantime, I’m taking 8 credits online to finish my BA degree, working full time with Geek Squad, part time at Solid Rock. Paula (my wife) is now 7 months pregnant, homeschooling three of our five children and attempting to pack/clean the house to get it on the market at the same time. Needless to say, we’re busy.
Again to my point: Today when getting the mail I heard two women looking for addresses on houses and talking. It’s a little odd looking back now, but I just assumed they were looking at houses for sale, so I invited them to look at ours (though it’s not clean or on the market yet). They were looking, and our house fit what they are looking for. Praise the Lord! Still there is the issue of cost. We owe too much to come down to the low cost of the foreclosures in our area… about $30,000 to much. So please pray… God knows, has a plan and will make whatever work. Yet we still don’t know just what that is, so please pray for us.
I am overly excited to have the opportunity to preach God’s word, and can’t wait to get past the gitters, so my sermons I preach in the car (to myself and anyone who happens to be driving next to me) are equal to the one I preach around people.
Again, thanks for your prayer. I’ll update soon.
P.S. The baby and Mom are doing great, all to God’s glory!
