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April 19, 2004 10:32 PM

[Encouragement]

We went over to our pastor's house & spent some time talking with him & his wife tonight. Things went really well. They are really excited for us and the possibilities that lie ahead. We weren't sure how they would react and were really encouraged by their response. I think they knew the struggles that we were going through at this church for the past several months and that this conversation was going to happen sometime soon.

I called my friend this morning & formally accepted the job offer. It looks like we'll be sticking around here for about another month, allowing the kids to finish the school year & allowing us to see our graduating seniors graduate. I should be 'on the job' by the end of May. Wow! It has been an exhilirating few days! I've been kind of skiddish about allowing myself to be too happy, like I'm almost afraid that things are going to hit a brick wall, that they'll take back the offer, or I'll wake up and realize it was all just a dream. I feel better tonight than I have in months. I can't wait to see what's ahead in the coming days!

I reminded my wife (& myself) of something I had said months ago. I told her, "I can't imagine how anybody would pay us $X dollars (what it would take to live on in the city) doing something that at least on paper I don't have the experience for." I told her that I bet God was laughing everytime I said that! He knew all along the plans He had for me, "plans for hope and a future" (Jeremiah 29:11).

I just spent the last half hour or so reading through my journaling/blogging here. It was good to see the ups and downs of our spiritual journey & seeing how God was in it all along, bringing us to where we are tonight. We serve a good God!

Posted by Kristo on April 19, 2004 at 10:32 PM | Permalink