March Update

>Light at the end of the tunnel. Turning a new page. Rounding a corner. A spark of new life felt within.

All terms we have used in conversations this month to describe what we are feeling.

It is as if the first 6 months of this DC journey have served as a kind of missionary boot camp. Despair. Anxiety. Stress. Uncertainty. Confusion. Feeling...Lost. Waiting. Searching.

It has certainly been an interesting season in our lives.

A visual I had today as I was praying ...."It is like God has grabbed us up and has His hands over our eyes – taking us to a “surprise”…yet we have been fighting and kicking all the way b/c we want to “SEE”! Now we are resting in His embrace…..just waiting to see what He has for us."

I still don’t like not being able to “see” as we wait….but that is part of the journey! I know I will look back at some point and thank God for every scrap of uncertainty we have felt these last 6 months.

On March 4th - Brad and I both "felt" something in our spirits. We felt that "spark" of life....that change was coming...that we were rounding a corner to this season in our lives.... Only later did we realize that March 4 marks 6 months to the day that we moved to DC. Maybe coincidence. Maybe significant. The first half of this year is over with. And we are eagerly looking forward to what God has before us...

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Also, the house in DC was rented out on Tuesday, March 3. Thank God for answering this prayer! Our small group prayed specifically with us about this on March 1st. Thank you ALL for praying. God has answered this pressing neeed! Our lease is now resolved!
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Since I have been so late in posting our update this month - I hope to have a snippet a day posted for the rest of the month! March Madness!