Back to Tennessee tomorrow...

"We are always in transition. Never stable. And fighting with God."  I (kayla) love my husband's transparency during what could be a time where we just run away and hide. Don't get us wrong, life is rich right now. We are learning some incredible things, and we laugh often. Yet, our life certainly is not what we would call "typical."

But if you could follow the God that created you and interacts with you intimately to forsake "typical", would you?

We kind of laugh, because we didn't really have any other option. Jesus is the only real person to follow in life- and He has led us on this adventure. We are just holding on to seats. Learning to trust God in the process often looks like wrestling, thus the "fighting with God" bit.

We think we might be moving to Denver soon. We are so excited that an opportunity has arisen for us to rent out a friend's apartment in the city. Our directors (chad and bekah- we love them!) have graciously offered for us to move in there while they attempt to sell it. We think this will allow us some time to get to know the city, and then make a better decision on where we want to be for the longer haul. Speaking of Haul...we will be driving a U-Haul with my (kayla) mother and aunt when we take the long trek across the country. It will be A HOOT! The four of us, 1 car, 1 u-haul, and what will probably be a million stories (that we will either want to share or want to hide by the end of the trip). We are so looking forward to it when the day comes!

We are currently in Fort Worth, Texas doing some support raising in Austin's hometown for the week. It has been an amazing time to this point. We have had some VERY significant conversations with people here; mostly family (thanks, Kim, Kelly, and Paula!!! We love you!) and we couldn't be more grateful. The Lord has also put us into partnerships with some new families here in town. We are blown away at his provision- and these people are so cool.

We'll be heading back to Knoxville tomorrow (monday) for what will hopefully be one of the last legs of our initial support raising process. We just have a little bit more to raise, yahoo!

We look forward to being back around family in Knoxville, and will certainly miss Austin's side here in Texas. We know that this is probably the beginning of the "see you laters" as we look toward packing up the U-Haul. I know the Lord will provide as He always does. He is so gentle and powerful. Praise be to the God we serve.

P.s. We just got back from the Destino National Conference and decided that we should allot an entire blog entry just to that once we can get the pictures up and running. So, hang tight! ;)

UPDATE!

Howdy. Just as a way of updating everyone, I thought I would blog about our status in support raising as well as what January will look like for us. 

We are daily reminded of God's faithfulness to us, especially in ways that we never would expect. This Sunday at church, Ted spoke from Proverbs 3 reminding us to, "Lean not on your own understanding, but in all your ways acknowledge Him." Wow. I have my own way of looking at things, and even my own way of assuming what God is doing or is going to do. That will fail me, unless of course I am walking in the Spirit. I am continually reminded that God has a day for us to move- a specific day- and we are not to move there a day before, nor a day after. As most of you know, we are currently raising our financial support to work in full time ministry in Denver, CO with Latino college students- something God has called us, and given us the obedience to follow Him in. As we daily trust Him to complete our goal, I cannot lean on the schedule I THINK we should be on in getting to Denver, nor should I lean on the people that I THINK will catch the vision for our ministry. God has brought along side us so far over 120 families and individuals who care about Denver hearing the gospel of Christ- WAHOOO! I am so thankful for the way HE THINKS about it, as I am learning so much of His faithfulness and Sovereignty. 

We are so encouraged! We are currently at about 75/76% of our monthly financial goal, and trusting God for the rest.

We are heading to the Destino National Conference in San Antonio in about a week, and are super excited to finally be introduced to the specific ministry we have been entrusted with. We are anticipating meeting many Latino college students from around the nation, and simply learning from them and getting to know them. We have such high hopes that God will do great things there in their lives. We also hope to really catch a feel for the way they do ministry, and get to know the staff that do Destino on a daily basis. We have so much to learn. I have a feeling we will be humbled in a major way.

After we go to San Antonio for the weekend, we will be in Fort Worth (prayerfully) on the way back- meeting with some great people along the way. Pray that God will open doors for us there, not only for the gospel, but also for opportunities to meet with people who could potentially partner with us.

We have had a HECTIC couple of weeks, but life has slowed down for us (at least for the last 2 days) after a week of a funeral and moving. We took a few hours to get away and really enjoy each other. Here are a few pictures from our "hike" aka a walk in the woods compared to our future home in Denver.

Peace and Love, friends.