Well, our family has a lot going on...so I'm going to start blogging again as a way of getting some of my thoughts down...I'm pretty excited about it!!!!

My husband (Richard) and I, at 37 (me) and 38 (him), with three children, are preparing for a very exciting change in our family!  Richard has turned in  a required 90 day notice at work, we are putting our house on the market, finding homes for pets, selling/giving away some extra furniture, and moving to Decatur, Georgia in June.  Why?????  Because my husband is going to seminary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I can't believe it.....I'm so excited.........we have searched and searched for so many years wondering "where do we belong?"..."what is it that God wants us to do for Him?".  We've known for a while that He was going to ask us to do something pretty drastic, and we've been trying to prepare for that.  About six months ago, Richard had some kind of break through and decided... "You know what, God has been calling me...for a while now...and I'm going to answer and say Yes Lord...Use me....I'll be your servant.....I'll give up my job and my home and I'll study so I can spread Your Word and Your Love".  It was the most freeing thing that I have ever witnessed my husband go through...it is so beautiful to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I absolutely can not wait to see how the Lord is going to work in our lives over these next three years.  Money of course is the BIGGEST "leap of faith" issue we are facing right now.  We're in the midst of financial aid, grants, fundraising, etc.  The human nature side of me REALLY wants to freak out about the finances...but God just won't let me!!!!  It truly is amazing...He is very calmly letting us know that this is in His Hands...not ours.  I can't think of a safer place to be than in God's Hands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

We will be living in apartment housing on campus (Columbia Theological Seminary),  I will continue to homeschool the children, and Richard is going to treat school like his job...leave the apartment in the morning...come home for lunch...go back to classes/study...then come home in the evening.  Well, that's the plan anyway...we'll see if it works out that way.

That's my thoughts for now!

Growing In Christ,

Shay