crazy 6 weeks...

It's been a few weeks since our last post - we do apologize :)

We had a great trip up to IL to visit a church. We felt welcome and were able to connect with the people. Things seem to be going really good at the church (felt like they were really moving and following God). We know we can see ourselves working there. Another fun trip with both boys (who have really begun to dislike long car trips for obvious reasons).

When we got home from this trip, we had a message on our ans. machine from a church in KY. They got my name from a friend of mine and were contacting me to see if I would be at all interested in looking into their open position. Both of us talked with the chairman of the elders numerous times over the next week and by that Saturday he had asked if we could come up for a visit. So last weekend we were in KY doing an interview. (Count them, that's 3 long trips in 6 weeks) God is showing us some great churches and opportunities.

We had another great trip and were able to connect with the people. I (Mike) had a lot more interviews with the staff and elders than Amy did. I met with people for most of the day Friday and a little Saturday. We felt good about this opportunity, also.

Both churches have good points and some bad points (and don't all churches have those :)) So, we don't have a feeling right now as to one over the other.

Another thing that happened was last week (before we went to KY) we were contacted by the church in IN. They offered me the job, but we didn't feel like God was leading us there so we turned it down. There were a few things that were red flags as they were similar to situations we encountered before. We also felt like they need someone with a little different set of gifts than I have. It was tough to tell them "No", but we feel confident we made the right decision.

My parents are visiting this week with cousin Allison (so that is fun and a great break from the craziness that is our life). We will post more on that and add some pictures later.