That's right... moved again.

Our last stop had us parked for 3 years, which is the longest we've lived anywhere in our nearly 13 year marriage. However, we've been called to state number 7 -- we've moved from Arkansas to Florida!

Or at least we're in the process of it.

The kids and I are here -- we're settled in a little apartment near my office. They're in school (and excelling and loving it!). Jon's still in Arkansas finishing things up at our house so we can get it on the market. There's a lot of loose ends that still need to be tied up. In the meantime, we're doing a lot of back and forth.

Last week I trained my backfill, so I'm officially wiping my hands clean of my last position and I'm on to my new one! YAY!

While I completely believe that God puts us in each place for a purpose and I believe we've followed His leading to each of those places, there are already things going on here that just make me say, "Thank you God!"

Specifically...
Church hunting is always a real challenge for us. In some cases, it has been more challenging than others. We were nervous and even a bit hesitant to begin. It seemed our options may be a bit challenging here. And then I accidentally stumbled upon a church website. I had surfed many different church searches and it hadn't come up -- but there it was. On the "Staff" link, it listed the staff (duh!). Each staff was asked a series of questions, one of which was "Who is your inspiration."

Each staff listed people who have inspired them. However... among those listed by the lead pastor.... was the pastor of the church we attended 10 years ago in Buffalo! This man was (is) an incredible teaching pastor, and he's the pastor who first made the history of scripture come alive. I couldn't wait to go to church each Sunday, I took copious notes, I learned, I grew.

We were SO pumped!

We visited there this Sunday. Turns out the pastor there was a youth pastor under his "inspiration" pastor... We will be returning, and hopefully have found our Florida church home in our first visit! If not, that's fine, too. But we sat in thankful awe at how the Lord speaks to us.

Thanks be to God!