The Lord has sovereignly brought a new opportunity for ministry to us and we want nothing more than to follow His lead. Bobby will start his first day with [1] Compass Bible Church on May 22nd, so we only have three weeks left here in Sunnyvale. I am looking forward to the work He is doing in our lives. At the same time I am so sad to leave the people who have become very dear to me.

I am stunned at how mixed I feel about this. I am excited to follow the Lord wherever He wants us to go. Bobby and I met our new pastor and his wife for dinner and it became increasingly more clear to us that God wants us to serve Him in this new position. I can’t forget how the pastor’s wife told us how she and her husband decided when they were our age that they wanted to be submissive to God by always saying to Him– “Anything, anytime, anywhere.” I want this to be true of me too.

The mix of emotions comes with having to leave a familiar place with people I love. I will miss people in our church, the high school students and especially my good friend Missy. She has been an endless encouragement to me as we have served in ministry to the high school girls together and sharepened each other in fellowship. I know that I will still keep in touch with these people, but I know that things will change. I think that is the hard things about change–we take on something new, but we also have to leave something.

As I think about the move and all the change that will happen I am thankful that God doesn’t change. He is our rock. I am encouraged by what God says in Revelation 1:8 –