The last blog left off questioning where to start. It seems like the best place to start is to give you a recounting of where this leg of our journey began and adding in the details as we go.
In October or November of 2019, our Pastor’s wife Millie brought a word to Earlene. It was on her heart to speak it to us for 2020. The word was “transition.” Millie didn’t specify what that transition would look like, but she did tell us that part of that transition was to include 3 months in Israel learning Hebrew. In unique fashion, Millie also added one more bit of detail for us when she said, “I don’t know if this is Millie or if it’s the Lord, so test it.”
What a fascinating word! Transition. It was spoken in late 2019 when life was “normal” and there was little to really make one take notice of world events.
We discussed the word from Millie over the next several days. The questions that came from it were endless and we had to start writing them down just to keep track of all the moving parts. The number of moving parts alone was so daunting and intimidating we probably would have abandoned our plans immediately if we had known what 2020 was going to look like on a worldwide scale.
Through discussion, we determined the only way we knew how to “test” the word was by pursuing it. God is *really* good at closing doors in your face if you get off track when you are seeking His will. We chose from the beginning of this to depend heavily on that understanding and we began laying the groundwork for what transition would look like with the expectation of obvious open and closed doors.
Transition has been on our minds for several years. There hasn’t really been “meat on the bones” of that yearning, but we’ve had the desire nonetheless. For the most part, that desire was to leave Colorado or at least, leave the big city. Earlene is from Missouri, so most discussions over the past few years have been focused on moving there or at least in that direction. When we began laying plans for our 2020 transition, Missouri simply fit into the plan.
Every step of the way things have felt easy. Even in the face of a world pandemic and society losing its mind, our plans have never felt shaken. We told Earlene’s family in December about our plans and they all offered immediate support to our plans, especially Earlene’s parents.
From the first discussion and on through the planning everything came into alignment. We had folks offer to help us pay for the time in Israel even without our asking. We had monetary success and educational success on our side. Every apparent obstacle just seemed to move aside and welcome us on our journey.
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