I know that I am the worst blogger ever! Maybe I will get better with time. Our lives have been a whirlwind these past few months. The Lord is teaching us so much about His provision as well as His grace. Some of you know the specifics of the past several months, but to those who do not let me give you a brief update. As many of you know our original plan was for Alex to finish graduate school in the Spring of 2009 and following that we were planning to go to Italy as missionaries probably with Campus Crusade for Christ. The Lord has given us both such a strong heart for missions, and we both feel much at home when serving in another country. Yes, we were even planning to take the baby! Sterling's arrival had nothing to do with our decision to remain in the States. However, after much prayer and council we both feel that the Lord is leading Alex to full time youth ministry at this time. He has such a gift with young people and they really love and respect him as well. (I guess part of that is because he really is still a kid himself.) We both really began to walk closely with the Lord in jr. high and high school because of time invested in us, and are both excited about the opportunity to serve the Lord and the next generation in this capacity for as long as He allows.
Our first plan was for Alex to come on staff with our home church in Tuscaloosa as they were looking to hire a youth minister. However, God has other plans for us. Over the past month we have been trying to determine where the Lord would have us serve, and it has been a very tough process at times. However, the Lord is ever faithful in His provision for us. He continues to provide for us and bless us during this time of transition. We are still looking for where God would have us serve and would covet your prayers during this time. We do not know what the next several months and weeks will hold, but we know that He already knows the details. He has truly been stretching our faith during this time as we are also awaiting the arrival of Sterling. However, we have learned that Our Father's provision is better than anything we could provide for ourselves, and we know that His will cannot be thwarted. It has been interesting that the Lord would have me do a Bible study this fall called Faith Pointes by Barbara Barker and through out the book she reminds the reader that God is never late but He is seldom early. How true that has proved to be, but it has been so comforting to have read her story in which time and time again God proved to be faithful to her and her family in miraculous ways. We are just excited to see now where the Lord will take us!
