Where We're Going

Hugh and I are happy to announce that we are headed to Mississippi State University in Starkville later this summer.  :)

It was a tough decision for us for a few reasons:

• We had a few good options to choose from;
• Our options were SO different;
• This is a long-term decision for us;
• We wanted to make a wise decision based on where we felt God could best use us.

We sought counsel, asked for prayer, researched and visited each legitimate option, prayed a lot ourselves, looked back at our past, solidified our vision about how we feel called to serve the Lord, talked with people who had lived in each place, found out about what God is doing in each place, made a pros and cons list, weighted each item on that list by importance in order to score both options, prayed some more, and then we decided.

Having said that, we feel a great peace about our decision to go to MSU.  While we are so, so sad to leave our little home in NW Arkansas with our friends and much of our family, we have known for quite some time now that the day would come when we would have to move.  Not that that makes it any easier.  :(   We are, however, also so so thankful that God has provided Hugh with a good job, and even now we have a clear vision of what our ministry may look like there and how God might use us.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, 

and do not lean on your own understanding. 

In all your ways acknowledge him, 

and he will make straight your paths.

(Proverbs 3:5-6)