Next Stop! :)
This post has been a long time coming....
Let's go back to December 2006. Kit had logged several hours pouring himself into his major and finally he was finished. Graduated. What next? Without alot of offers and pretty much no leads Kit was given an offer here in the CAT plant working through a contract company. It was a decent job but not the job Kit dreamed of. We agreed that this job would do for now and would continue to look for new opportunities. Kit and I decided we would settle in and buy a house, afterall living in a one bedroom apartment for two and a half years while it met all our needs wasn't all peaches and cream... Next thing you know we found that great 3 bedroom, 2 bath house on large lot...just what we had been looking for. It was nice to be able to work with our hands and do things to our own house. But we had to ask ourselves, was this really home?!
July 2007. We were thrilled with having a house of our own, living in a town we have only known and content with life itself....well, maybe not ;). Starting at the beginning of the year the word children became a topic for us and the excitement of a new chapter in life. After praying for several months we thought we would take the plunge and start trying.
December 2007. Kit was starting to pursue that desire for a full time job thinking of that promise for a baby that would be in the near future.... And there we have it. Kit interviewed and interviewed and interviewed some more. So much that I became quite versed in the "It's ok honey, God has a job out there for you somewhere." You can only say that so many times when finally we asked ourselves, if we really truly believed that or not. Is a full time job something we really, really wanted to see God provide for us or not?! Yes, in fact, we felt that it became such a priority for our family that we wanted to see a change. We began aggressively seeking and praying for God's will in this area and for results.
May 2008. Kit was turned down for every possible job in the lafayette area that he could find to interview for. There were so many times we were over the process. However, God had only begun to slowly reveal his plans for us. Kit was asked if he would be willing to interview outside of this CAT facility and at first turned the though of it down. I still remember the day he called me wanting to know if I would be open to moving and felt that he should at least be willing if this was a job God had for us. Of course, before you know it the interview went well and the ball started rolling. Before you know it, Kit was given an offer and we have flown to GA to take a look around the area.
August 2008. I can't describe to you every emotion that we have felt along the way. When given the offer our first line of thought was prayer and how suddenly this opportunity could be the answer God had for us. Is it what we were thinking?! Absolutely not. But, we have had to ask ourselves would be go in faith trusting that God will work out every detail according to his purpose?! Yes. Kit could not go back to sleep last Wednesday morning and the verse Jeremiah 29 :11 came to him which says, "For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope".
We are of course sad and will miss friends and family here like crazy but we are so excited for the new adventures we have ahead of us in Georgia. We can't wait to explore new things and of course....we are going to be PaReNtS!!! How crazy is that?! There are moments (yes, plural!) that I think to myself, how on earth can we sell a house, pack up a house, find a house in GA, unpack and have a baby all by the end of the year? That is the great thing...God can do it! God is so awesome and has had a plan from the very beginning. He is the same God who knew our due date would be Christmas, the same awesome God who has placed us in this new job, new state and the same God who knows every detail and will provide us with an excellent OB/GYN, new house and the list goes on!
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you be strong and courageous? Do not be terrified, Do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go!
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all of your heart. Lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight.
Romans 8: 31, 37-39
What, then, shall we say in reponse to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? In all these things, we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers. Neither heighth nor depth nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
We are so thankful for the many friends and family who are praying for us and all your love and support! You have no idea how comforting it is.
Everything in GA is well landscaped :)
Driving Golf Carts is the most common transportation in PeachTree City, GA
This was in Senoia, GA
They even have golf cart overpasses!
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