Blogging This Endeavor

I have had this tugging on my heart for the past several years to attend the school of ministry at Bethel Church in Redding, CA.  My first introduction to Bethel was through my good friend Aaron, who moved down here the summer of 2006 to go to school.  I remember that summer as somewhat of a "busy season"... having child number three, living above the garage at Mica's parents' and building our dream home in the woods up the beautiful Mohawk Valley outside of Springfield, OR -- the community in which we feel called to do ministry in forever.  Young Life has been our life and calling for basically the past fifteen years since I started volunteer leading.  We consider ourselves missionaries to our Springfield through Young Life and see oursleves serving our community long term through this mssion.  However we felt strongly that we were suppose to leave for a season to recieve further training in order to more effectively minister back home.

So... here I am.  Sitting at a borrowed table in the dining room of a rented home in the state I swore I'd never live in, "blogging."  I've packed up my family, rented out our dream home and moved to a foreign land where the water taste terrible and they sell hard liquor in the grocery stores.  As long as my family still loves me and we come out of this experience with some good memories we'll call this whole deal a success! 
Seriously though, this truly is and already has been an incredible adventure.  The Lord has has proved Himself so incredibly faithful like he always does.  The "borrowed" table is an incredible blessing, the house we've rented is so much more than we expected -- really nice -- and the weather here in Northern California is pretty awesome : )

Our vision is to not merely survive and adventure, it's to live out a dream!  When the Lord puts a dream in your heart that's so ridiculous you laugh  outloud and then suddenly get so freaked out that you might actually allow Him lead you into some distant, unkown land... BEWARE!  You might start living life the way He's intended you to live.