Changes

Friends & Family,
Christie and I wanted to give a update as to what God has been doing in our lives.

Over the past few months we have hit some snags in getting to England. While they have been frustrating we have really sensed that is was the hand of God and that He was simply wanting our attention. So we decided to take the past few weeks to seek God and hear what he was wanting to say. As we began to do that He began to initiate with us about not moving to Sheffield. This came out of no where and was completely unexpected. As we continued to pray he simply confirmed it more and more to us.

Let me be a little more specific about what he was speaking.
-He led us to Jeremiah 29:4-15, as we thought about it we knew God was telling us now was a time to stay where we were and to settle.
-He also asked us to be crucified with him (Galatians 2:20) and our cross to bear is dying to church-planting in Sheffield. As you can imagine this was all very sudden and not at all what we expected.
-As a result of the above, we went to Waco to be a part of a church wide prayer time. During that time we received multiple confirming experiences but one that was clincher for us came from a girl who went with us to Cambodia. She came to us and said God had given her John 19-20 for us and he wanted to tell us that even though we are taking up our cross and dying to something he wanted to remind us that the cross always leads to the resurrection and that a new dream was coming. This was especially important to get such a clear confirmation from God but it was still saying what we didn't want to hear. After talking with other friends and our Antioch leadership, we have decided to officially step off the team and are moving back to Waco.

Now we return to Waco, I will get a job and we will settle into life in Waco. It is going to be really hard but we know this is what God is saying. There is still so much he is needing to do in us and he is revealing that this is the place for it to happen. This is very unexpected for us and we are still in a little bit of shock. We know that God is faithful and that he has life for us here; it is just not what we had pictured.

Please pray for us as we transition back into life in Waco and answer lots of questions from people who do not understand or are confused about why we are here and not Sheffield. And, please, if you have any questions or would like more details please don't hesitate to ask. While this is hard we are pressing into our Heavenly Father to help us through it; so when you see us please do not feel awkward about asking how we are doing or any other questions. We can't 100% promise we won't be emotional but we are really trying to lay it all out before Jesus so we can move forward and not get stuck in the mud. Thank you for loving us so well again and again.