We had hoped to have this decision finalized a little bit sooner, but as we arrived home late Monday afternoon, we all had the stomach flu by Monday Night! We have "known" for a little while now, but wanted to make sure the decision sat right with us. After much prayer and consideration, many times of deciding on one place and then another, we really feel the Lords hand on our decision to move to Kelowna, BC. The decision was a difficult one through and through. At first we made our lists of pros and cons of each church but after a while, we felt an issue with which pros and cons were higher than another. Once we took out personal preferences and laid those to the side and look strictly at the ministerial aspects, we felt like the decisions were still difficult, yet more clear. James got a lot of advice over the past month, which was helpful in so many ways and yet still made it about a tied decision. We do feel sorrowful for Brockville as we know they have a great desire to be lead by a man of God and we pray that the Lord will send them someone quickly. We ask for you to pray for them as they continue their search.
So what's next? That's a good question! We barely know! All we know is that we are packing up and Lord willingly headed to Kelowna on February 11. It's about a 36 hour drive (not including stops) so it will make for a long journey in the cold weather with an almost 8 month old! We plan on stopping in Lynden Wa first, then heading to Kelowna for a few days to look for housing and then hopefully moving. We pray this can all be accomplished within 8 days for the sake of moving truck costs, but we will see.
So as you can see there is a lot ahead of us and while we know somethings, we are still not sure on everything....moving to a different country is very confusing and we aren't quite sure what to expect. We DO know that God has been very good to us and has always had us in His tender loving care, so we will rest that since He is leading us, He will take care of all the small details that are at times confusing!
Please pray for us as we continue in this journey and as we seek to build up His church :)
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God's richest blessings to you in the path that He has set before you! Praying for you guys!
Wow! Sounds like quite a few things have shuffled since we last spoke. It's obvious God has been working mightily in your hearts. Praying that you will all find peace in the decision and for a smooth transition to BC. BC is a great place to raise a family!
We are so looking forward to having you all here! We will help in anyway we can.
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