I never thought I'd go anywhere really...
But when Josh and I started praying that God would open the doors he wanted us to walk through and close the ones that He didn't, we knew it meant we would actually have to WALK through the open door - not just turn and run the other direction.
With that in mind we want to share that we have accepted a position at a church in Frankfort, Indiana. Josh will be taking over the duties of leading worship at the Nazarene Church there in Frankfort. I cannot tell you how excited we are! For anyone that knows me, you will agree that I am not a "leap of faith" person, but throughout this whole process I have felt nothing but calmness and excitement over the possibilities that this job has to offer us. Even though I officially turned in my letter of resignation today, have a house to get ready to sell, and no job opportunities yet I am not nervous or anxious - which is a huge answer to prayer. We both firmly believe that this is the right decision for our family and are thanking God for his peace throughout this whole process.
It is all very strange how this all happened (well maybe not when you consider how small the Nazarene world is). Josh got a call out of the blue from the Pastor in Frankfort...who just happened to have started his ministry here in Adrian (weird!), after talking on the phone, Josh travelled to meet in person and then a few weeks ago we both went back and Josh led worship on a Sunday morning. We went back again this weekend and Josh was able to lead their praise team and we also had an official interview with the church board.
The whole process has not felt rushed or hurried at all (although it does seem to have happened quickly) and we both felt very positive early on that this was the right place for us.
So, now the work begins - sprucing up the house here, sprucing up the house there, quitting jobs (we both have given our notices), and all the stuff that goes along with moving. Oh wait, I don't know what goes along with moving because I've never done it before...Any suggestions let me know!
We would still appreciate your prayers as we continue on in this process, it's not something we have ever done before and would like as much support as we can get as we jump into this next phase of our lives.
I will try to post more on here so that we can keep everyone up-to-date with moving details and also some pictures of where we are going.
New, handmade table
Looking from the back to the front
The new front all put back together and painted 
Dad and Josh cooking dinner
Sunset on Lake Michigan
We visited the local ice cream shop for Dad's Birthday treat
Lake Michigan
We made it all the way home - and we laughed pretty much the entire way because it was just so funny to look over and see us driving this huge thing! From the outside it is definitely still 1970's and the inside was panelled and carpeted (eww).
As soon as we got home Josh started ripping into the inside and the outside. The cab was a little rusted so it got sanded down and repainted. The inside got the carpet ripped out, primed and then eventually painted. There was some leakage happening above the cab so Josh had to rip the entire thing apart and replace a bunch of the wood and then put it back together - that was the longest part I think. 
We also replaced the cabinet doors with some free doors I picked up at work (I work for a cabinet manufacturer...came in handy) . 
Josh also put down new linoleum squares on the floor along with trim for the baseboard (he never does anything part way). One of the owners at the lumberyard where he works has just finished making us a new table which is in the process of getting covered in polyurethane. I'll post some pictures of that soon. My grandma made us new curtains which still need to be hung and we got lots of fun camping stuff for Christmas!
As you can see - we pretty much ate it all :-) Yummy steaks and potatoes!
And had a heart shaped pond...
