Where do I begin?!
Last summer we heard of that the position of pastor in our favourite small town in North Central BC was coming available. After much prayer and consideration, we decided Stewart should apply. After many months of waiting, Stewart flew up there for an interview this spring, then we all drove up to meet the church and for Stewart to preach one Sunday. And now, yesterday, we got a call from the church asking Stewart to come be their pastor! And he said yes!
We are hoping to move around August 1, although there are a lot of details (primarily housing) that need to be sorted out before we can move. We are very excited about this new adventure, while admitting that it will be a hard adjustment, especially with a new baby due this fall, and moving away from our families. Despite that, we are excited for this opportunity to use our gifts in ministry (Stewart in his role at the church, and I in hospitality in our home), and especially thankful for the opportunity to buy a home and settle down for a while.
When we told the kids about the move, Micah immediately was excited and gave us a big smile. Halle said, "ooooh, that's gonna be so fun!". LOL. We are thankful that the kids are excited about the change!
We would appreciate your prayers over the coming weeks as we pack, work on hopefully buying a house, and say our goodbyes to these people and this place that we love.
In somewhat related news, we just changed our email address, so if you don't yet have that but want to stay in touch via email, please leave a comment or Facebook message and we'd be happy to pass it along to you.
I am excited for you. Need your new email address. Am trying to figure out when I can come over to help pack, etc.
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