it’s ironic, don’t ya think?

Since the decision to move, there have been good things happen and there have been things happen that I really wasn’t expecting. In each instance I always turn to God’s will and say well, that must have happened because I am being obedient. Or that was an attack to test my faith. Something happened today that I wasn’t too happy about.I think I am going to step outside my bubble of (it’s all about mikey) for a second and realize that there have been many ups & downs in my life and I need to get over myself and think about the vision… To think about all the people’s lives that God is going to change. I will continue to be obedient. And I will not be selfish anymore! I will not sit and wait for God to give me everything I want, His Son already did that.I am humbled by His Majesty and I need to change my attitude to reflect that!

don’t stop believin…

Today was another great day at MLC. The practicum was very informative. I am really excited that we went. It’s nice to finally be fueling my passion in a way that I can grab on to!Every time someone would ask us where we were planting they would give us this weird face and say… Why Savannah? It started to get a little disheartening, then we began to realize that maybe that’s why God is sending us down there. It’s not the cool place to go, it’s not the easy place to go. so I say… Why Not Savannah? There is a need down there that no one has been able to fill yet. I pray that we follow God’s will and seek His guidance through this whole thing. I keep saying that we are still in the beginning stages, but I realized today that God has been preparing me for this my entire life. So, with all that said…I haven’t put my house on the market yet, I have been kinda putting it off because the market is so slow right now. And since we haven’t announced the move yet, i kinda didn’t want to put a sign in my yard. I didn’t want to have to explain to all my neighbors yet. So, I was talking to my cousin Jade the other day and mentioned that I was about to list with an agent and she casually mentioned that her brother (who is getting married in February) was looking for a house. I laughed and said that would be funny if Jordan bought my house… well, today he did! It was the weirdest thing. We haven’t signed any papers yet but Jordan is one of those guys who does what he says. I am excited for him and Lindsay. The cool thing is that they don’t need the house until February. I don’t have to put a sign in the yard, I don;t have to worry about people going in and out all the time.This is just an example of how God works when you submit to His will.The only thing about that is that it makes this whole thing more real. I called my Dad and the first thing he said was: Wow, you’re really gonna do this aren’t you. Please pray for my parents as they get ready to let go of their baby… yeah, i know i’m almost 29. But I am an only child!Lot’s of things are happening, it’s almost a little overwhelming. It’s time for me to Get Real and start my Journey!

God Only Knows…

doug and i went to Mountain Lake Church in Cumming today. They had a church planting practicum. yeah… it sounds boring, but it really wasn’t. There were a lot of things i needed to hear about how to get started and such as… LOL The cool thing about it was that they gave us worksheets to do as a team. It made us talk about things that really needed to be talked about and helped me realize what being a leader is all about. I can’t wait to get started..Anyway, we are going back early tomorrow morning! So i’m off to bed

comfortable…

I was thinking about the past year and I was laughing at how much I have changed and how much my life has changed. I never thought I would be closing the jewelry store and moving somewhere away from all my family. A year ago I probably would’ve had a nervous breakdown if someone told me that! It’s funny how when you follow God’s Will, He makes everything comfortable.The jewelry store has always been a source of comfort for me. Or at least I thought it had. But there has always been this feeling of… what now? I always felt like I was searching for that one thing that would fulfill me. I have found that one thing. I am going to leave my place of comfort, my nice house with a nice yard and my nice job that I have had my entire life. And I am completely comfortable with that!As in comfortable I mean…well it’s hard to explain really. I wake up every morning and think about how my life will be in a year and it makes me smile. Not because I will be in a new city with a new place to live and a new job. I will be helping spread the Love Of Jesus Christ in a way I know He will be proud of, in a way that Savannah (in my opinion) hasn’t experienced. In a way that until now I haven’t had the oppurtunity. Doug, Jared and I are coming from three totally different places in our lives. I just think it’s funny how God puts people together and awesome things happen. I am sure that Jared would agree with me that if Doug was moving to Africa to do this, we would be right there with him. He is an awesome leader and a man that I have the highest respect for. A man that has integrity and always pulls out the best in people that ask for his guidance. (I better stop, I’m getting misty eyed) LOLIf only everyone could see how I feel on the inside, the way that the world looks like a totally different place than it did a year ago. Then they would stop asking me why I am doing this, why Savannah? If only I can show the people here and down there how it’s not about religion, but about the LOVE. That they don’t have to sit in a pew and carry their KJV to a “Sunday Morning” church to be blessed by God. I want to be a 24/7 Christ Follower. I want to recruit people not to just come to church at 1100 on Sunday to “Get a blessing” and then go have lunch. I want to recruit people to go into the city and show what being a christian is all about while not being judgmental and telling them how to live their lives… I want to tell them that God Made them and He made Everything Glorious…

organization…

that’s it… organization

waiting on the world to change

I am impatient!anyone who knows me well, knows this to be a fact an is laughing right now… God Bless my parents… I have been thinking about abc church for around 6 months now. I have told a few family members and a couple of close friends but have not been able to announce it yet. It just doesn’t feel real. I am a little anxious to get started. I know that there are things that have to happen first and I am doing my best to feel content.I am anxious to make decisions about the jewelry store, anxious to make decisions about where I am going to live, anxious to start working.Doug, Jared and I had a great trip to Savannah last week. It almost didn’t happen. We decided at the last minute to go ahead with it. All Jared wanted to do was pray (he’s the religious one) all Doug wanted to do was… well Doug just listens a lot… and I wanted to do was eat stuffed flounder! The trip was more or less just a day to get away and talk. We were all kinda quiet until on the way home. We talked about ideas on what we thought the church should be about, about what things we would implement. It was great!I love these guys so much. I can’t wait to see what God uses us for… i don’t wanna wait anymore for the world to change… i wanna do my best to change it!