Just In Case You Didn't Know...

I just wanted to let you know some of the great things God has worked out for Jared and I since we moved to Louisville.

Jared is (for two weeks now) the Children's Minister at Simpsonville Baptist Church. We met the pastor Steve back in May when he brought his daughter to Brentwood for our Summer Missions Training at the TBC. Steve and I got to talking because he lived in the Louisville area and I was getting ready to move there. After some conversation I discovered he was looking for a children's minister and he discovered I just so happened to be married to a FANTASTIC one! So, Jared came to our dinner the next night at orientation and he and Steve just hit it off wonderfully! The next weekend we visited the church. We cannot even begin to tell you how at home we felt here the minute we walked in. To make a long story short, we interviewed with the personnel committee and met some parents. Jared gave his testimony in church and then the church voted us in. Only 1 person voted no. We plan to find out who that was and to love them until they love us! :)

Now, I am working at Adventure club, which is our church preschool/after school program. I am mostly doing administrative stuff each day and then in the afternoons I work with the after school kiddoes. We have about 60 kids in the after school program and only a SMALL handful of them regularly attend our church. So, this is a great outreach for us. I am liking it so far, however, after only 1 week working the program, I am already sick. So, I need to start taking some vitamins if this is ever going to work!

So, we are pretty much ahead of the curve. Most seminary students are feverishly looking for jobs in churches right now. Many students drive an hour or longer each Sunday just for the opportunity to serve in churches. So, Jared having a job in ministry at a great church that he loves, is pretty much unheard of! And, me having a job already is wonderful. God is really taking care of us!

Anyway, thanks for caring enough to check our blog! We love and miss home so much, but we are liking Louisville pretty well, too. Maybe one day it will feel like home.