Call us crazy

Because I have a feeling we might be.

Some big news with us: After less than 1 year at 1044 Christopher Court, we're putting our house up for sale. But wait to hear the reasons before you call the funny farm!!!

Basically, the biggest reason is this: Guatemala has changed our lives, forever. Our love and concern for the people of Guatemala has pointed me and Adam in a new direction...uh, south, right? (ha-ha!) Seriously, we feel that we've been called to become part-time missionaries to work in tandem with our church, Southside Bible, and Mario and Maria's church in Guatemala City. How this will work...we still don't know. We've been in talks with our pastor about what this might look like...perhaps leading teams down to Guatemala 3-4 times a year, so our body of believers can experience the amazing ministry of missions on a foreign field. Perhaps spearheading our church's outreach to the local Hispanic population, along with leading missions trips. Truth is, we still don't know, but the fact remains that this is what we want to do.

So what does that have to do with where we live? Well, as it turns out, quite a bit. Facts are facts...it is NOT cheap to fly to Guatemala and back, especially when 2 people are flying. And in order to spend 3-4 weeks in Guatemala per year, you have to take off work (and go without that amount of money). Essentially, we're looking at a lifestyle change.

And as we see it, not a bad one. Right now, we have a big beautiful house...and we honestly don't need it. We would be just as happy in a house half the size...probably happier, even! So, it's goodbye to Christopher Court and hello to...??? We'll be starting the search-and-find process in the next month or so, when other things settle down a bit. Just be in prayer for us, as this is yet another huge change (and I'm a bit tired of huge changes!). But, we feel so confident that this is the right move, and that God's blessings will be upon us as we seek to give Him a much larger chunk of our yearly lives.