It's hard to believe that this time next week we will be on the road - moving to Washington. We are really excited and want to ask you to be praying for a few specific things that we still have to figure out.
(most recent family picture at my friend Regina's wedding!)
We have a lot more prayer requests than this... but for this week, we'd really like to hone in on these ones and see what happens.
1. The perfect place for us to live.
Doesn't have to be big or new, just in our budget (dirt cheap) and hopefully close
enough to school that Willie could ride his bike.
2. The perfect job for me and possibly Willie.
I would love to watch children or clean houses and things of that nature that would
still give me quality time with Owen and be able to keep up the house while Willie is
studying. We will need to make about 800 a month to get by. Willie's school is
pretty intense and it's not recommended that he be working while in it, but if an
opportunity came that fit well we would take it.
3. Wisdom and encouragement to know how to raise money for school.
I'll share more about this one in a later post, but basically we want to know how to
biblically be a part of the body in our generosity as well as our need. There are ways that we are told is "the way" to raise support ... but we feel like something is missing and truly want to know from God what this aspect of the body should look like. In a program that is going to to cost a minimum of 75,000 dollars, we still need 70,000. I am certain that this small price (in God's economy) will be paid, but my hope is that the church at large would gain a spiritual blessing.
(and as always we need prayer for our growing family)
God has already provided everything we need to make the move and get started.
We have friends to stay with for a few days until we find a place of our own.
We have enough money to travel there and be covered for the first month or two.
We have a car in great condition on loan to us from Willie's family for the 2 years we are out there.
Willie told me an encouraging story a few days ago. He was at work thinking about all the things to come and kind of feeling overwhelmed with the cost of schooling and wondering why God hasn't provided more of the funding yet. But then he felt God encourage him by saying,
"Well, Willie it's because you don't need it yet."
To which Willie just smiled and was encouraged. Thanks for praying for us, we look forward to sharing with you all God will do through these prayers.
P.S. We would appreciate stories of how God provided for you. It is a good reminder for us when we begin to doubt, to be encouraged by stories of His faithfulness in other peoples' lives.
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