So its been a few days since my last post so I will catch everyone up. Shawn and I have changed churches. We were going to a small church about 20 minutes from here. Everytime that we tried to get involved doors were closed. No return phone calls or emails. We were met with resistance. Not nesccissarly with the body of the church but just God shutting doors. I don't know if that makes sense or not. So we started praying that if this was not the church God had for us that he would start showing us. Not long after our home group disbanned. The leaders were feeling called to another direction and no one else felt called to take the lead.
So a little background on our home group. There was about 8 couples and only 3 of the couples were faithful in attending and doing our bible study. The other 5 couples were always too busy. Then when we did finally get together the other 5 couples used that time to play catch up on their day to day lives. So we were not ever able to actually do our bible study. This was very discouraging. Shawn and I trudged through this hoping that all the kinks would eventually be worked out. But God finally shut it down which was for the best.
After this door was shut we decided that it was time to search for a new church. We ended up at a church down the street from us. The pastor is amazing. He is a man of God with a passion for the Lord. My toes get stepped on from week to week with conviction. The pastor encourages a growth from each member of the church. Pastor Jeff is just not afraid to tell it like it is. He holds his sheep accountable for their actions. Which is something that you don't find in all churches. So after much prayer this is where God is calling us.
As for Shawn alot is happening for him. I posted before he starts honor guard Sept 15 and finsishes it on Dec 15. On top of all of that he is having to cross train into a new job. His career field is over manned so they are wanting people right now to volunteer for a new assignment. Later on it won't be volunteer and you won't have a choice as to what new job you want. It is either what the military offers or get out. So since we are career military then Shawn decided to volunteer, that way he can pick his job and not have it picked for him. So he is going to become and IDMT. Which is Idependent Duty Medical Technician. Basically he is an enlisted version of a Physcian's Assistant. So we are waiting on his acceptance into the program. We should know that before the end of the month. Shawn will have to go back to school for 10 weeks and then who knows what will happen from there. He could come back here or we can get assigned to another base. But that is life with the military. Now I will say I will not be heart broken if we had to leave this base.
As for me not much is going on. I am now full with daycare kids. I have 5 kids most days. I goes to school and the other four stay home with me. I have a 9month old, 1 year old, and 2 two year olds. So my day is full and crazy. But I love it. No word on our adoption. I know it will all happen in God's time.
