Preview Weekend

As you all know, Ryan and I are moving our family (Lord willing) to Louisville Kentucky to go to Seminary at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. We went there this past weekend to attend the Fall Preview Conference. We were able to bring our boys with us which was fantastic. We had a great time! We met other couples (old and young) who were thinking of attending this fall. We met the teachers and deans of the school as well. We got more information about this coming fall semester and found out some exciting information about the diploma program that I would like to enroll in next year, as well. We saw God's hand in so many ways.

We also were able to check out some local churches and go house hunting. We think that we found the church we will be attending when we move, as well as the home we would like to buy. We got to explore the Louisville area and become more familiar with the city. For all this and more we are beyond thankful. We are so full of anticipation about the move and this new direction that God is taking us in, that we wanted to just stay there and jump right into it! However, we did have to check ourselves back into reality. We still have much to finish up here at home in Kenosha before we can fully pursue what we see very clearly as God calling us to SBTS in Louisville. So to that end I would ask that you all pray for us and share these prayer requests with your small groups as well so that they can pray for us.

First of all pray for us that God will provide financially for us and prepare the way for us to go down to Louisville. We need to finish up our house projects and find a good aggressive realtor. We need to sell our house for a really good price and as such we need the house to be appraised high as well. A realtor told us that the biggest problem that people are running into when selling their homes in this market is that even when the seller gets an accepted offer, often times the banks appraiser is appraising the homes much lower than the sellling cost and so people can't produce the funds for the house. Pray that God will work in all these situations and work out all the details. Pray that we will sell our house quickly and for a good price. Pray that we will have wisdom in deciding which house to buy down in Louisville. Please pray that God will save the house for us that He wants us to have. Pray that in all these things that we will stay focused on Christ and God's perfect love and provision for us and as such trust Him and follow Him by the Holy Spirit.