Praise God!!!!

 

Thank you so much for your prayers....we have a house! On our visit to Georgia we were able to look at two prospective homes. The one was a perfect house. The right size, large yard, in a cul-de-sac, but... If we were just moving to Georgia to relocate, it would have met every one of our dreams, but the neighborhood seemed too quiet. There was no activity. It only has about 30 houses, is slender, and situated on a hill. Not ideal for walks and interacting with neighbors. SO after prayer, we decided on the house pictured above!

The house itself is gorgeous. The only drawback is there is absolutely no yard. However, it is situated in a bustling neighborhood just down the street from it’s own walking trail and park. While we may not be able to host barbecues at our house, the park has picnic tables and grills. This way we can invite anyone walking by to join us! (Hey, and we don’t even own a grill anyways! One less thing that needs to be purchased!) We are also within walking/bike riding distance to Rianne’s school, the public library, and Tanger Outlets! Lots of opportunities to interact with our community. We are soooo excited!!!!!

But, reality has also set in....just 3 weeks to say goodbye to Arkansas, just 3 weeks to pack up everything we own, again...just 3 weeks to make our next transition. I see a lot of tears in the coming days. Already, they kind of hit me when I least expect it. It’s hard to function like a normal person when Satan is trying to overwhelm you with stress on every side. So, here is our most recent list of immediate prayer concerns. We really do appreciate every prayer lifted up.

1. Our home in PA is losing its amazing tenants in January. Pray that we can find amazing tenants to take their place. We just found out our mortgage is being significantly raised in January, so it is very necessary that we get that home filled.

2. We have several doctors appointments scheduled before we leave and our insurance is uncertain. Please pray that it will remain in effect throughout our duration here so we don’t have to cancel them. I also received a LARGE bill from some blood tests I had done that apparently our insurance barely covered. Please pray that it is a mistake and I won’t really owe that much.

3. This rental process is quite expensive and stressful. Please pray for protection over our financial situation.

4. Prayers that car insurance will be cheaper in GA, for us to find good part-time jobs that won’t take away from church-planting, and good inexpensive health insurance.

5. Prayers for our new neighbors. That we will get plenty of opportunities to meet them all, and share our lives with them.

6. And as always, prayers for the souls of Henry County. That their hearts will be receptive to the gospel.

In all of this stress and worry, we are also filled with anticipation. We have seen God provide in crazy amazing ways before, and we know He will do it again!

Lastly, if you are in Arkansas please plan on joining us for a Missions Revival in Malvern! First MBC of Butterfield is hosting the 4 day event. The schedule is below. We hope to see you there! (If you would like a flyer to share with your church, please let us know ASAP so we can get one to you!)

Sat. December 2-Donation Dinner from 6-8:30 pm

Sun. December 3- Blake Parsley (The Amazon Project) 7 pm

Mon. December 4- BEN FISHER!!!! (Missionary to Georgia) 7 pm

Tues. December 5- Doug Clements (Missionary to Solomon Islands 7 pm

We hope you can make it! A love offering will be taken each night to be split between the 3 missionaries.

Much Love, Anne

“We cared so much for you that we were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.” -1Thessalonians 2:8

Prayers Please!!!!

Before I get started into today’s post, there is something weird I want to share with you. I noticed it the last time I blogged, but I thought it might be an interesting tidbit that you would like to know too....Here it goes....Are you ready? 
When I started this blog many moons ago, I had to choose a font to type in. Do you know which font I settled on? Georgia! I think this is so weird! At the time I never dreamt that God would call us to Georgia, but here we are! So weird!!!

Anyways, right now is a very busy time for us, but it is also a crucial time for prayer. I wanted to pop on here and update you so we could have some more prayer warriors asking on our behalf. Thank you for taking the time to read this, thank you for every single prayer you remember to ask in the coming month, and thank you for sharing our requests with others.

I am typing this from a hotel room in Georgia. We are here to visit with our church family, (I even got to go to a baby shower today for one of our members. Isn’t she adorable?!?!?!)

We are also here to search for a home to rent. We have some very specific needs and we are running out of time before we would like to move, so major prayers are needed here. We are meeting with a realtor tomorrow to look at a few houses. We are praying that God will set aside the perfect place for us.

Our next prayer concern is for the moving process. It’s hard to be moving again so soon. Plus, when we moved the last time, we thought our next move would probably be to Africa. So, in that move we got rid of practically all of our furniture. Thinking about furnishing an entire home is really overwhelming. We are hoping to be able to furnish our new home as inexpensively as possible while at the same time not looking like we just graduated from college. We plan on using our home for ministry, so while we don’t need the finest, we also want our visitors to be comfortable.

When you have a family of 6, there are many opportunities to need medical care. Please be praying that our current health insurance can remain in effect until we need to get new coverage, and that our new coverage will be affordable and good.

As you know, Ben is almost done with school. Please pray that he can finish well and be able to find the time and stamina to write an outstanding thesis. While he no longer is delivering pizza, his time is just as strained with preparing for the future. It has been a challenge to divide his focus and effort between so many needs.

Our last and most important prayer request is for the people of Henry County. We really love this church and want to be effective in reaching the lost. Please pray that their hearts will be ready and that God will clearly direct us as we seek to serve Him.

Thank you all so much! Every single one of your prayers is so appreciated. 

Many, Many Blessings, Anne