What a Mighty God!

We just had some of the most fantastic news today!  We have been trying for two years to get a business loan to consolidate all of our business debt.  When we first opened up our business banks were not (and are still not) loaning on startup businesses.  So, we took what we could get in a line of credit and then financed our business on a personal credit card.  We have tried so many times to get the business debt off of our personal credit card, but to no avail.  Banks just haven't been loaning money.  We knew that we needed to get the debt off of our personal side so we could get the adoption to go through and so we can get financed for a mortage to move to Loveland.  So, we decided to try one last time.  Derek went into our bank today and told them what we were looking for and the lady he talked to told him that we had already been preapproved.  She said she was going to call us or drop by our office to make us an offer.  I am still so astounded!  I just sat down and bawled this afternoon because God is so good.  We've struggled for two years wondering why we couldn't get it taken care of.  Apparently we just needed to wait on God's timing.  I am so relieved!  Another cool aspect is that it's going to cut our monthly payment by almost half.  What can I say, I am just in awe of what God did for us today.  For those of you who haven't ever tried to get a business loan, it is a huge process!  There's so much paperwork that has to be filled out, so for Derek to be able to just walk in and them basically hand him a loan is amazing!  What a mighty Gody we serve!!

We are going to be doing our training for the adoption this weekend!  Yay, so excited to be finally doing something versus just filling out papers.  Our accountant is supposed to have our taxes done this week and providing everything is good we get to start on our homestudy!  Fortunately we have the funds set aside for that step.  Our fundraisers are starting to come together.  I'm hoping to get enough out of them to be able to pay for the next step after the homestudy.  During the homestudy I will be filling out a ton of paperwork for grants to hopefully cover the remaining costs.  Thank you to everyone who has donated items to our garage sale and silent auction.  They are both coming along nicely.  I'll keep you updated on dates, but we hope to kick off the silent auction here in the very near future.  I hope everyone has a blessed day!  I pray God's richest blessings upon you all!

Time for a Change

It's always amazing to me how God works in our lives and how often what we think is his will ends up going in a completely different direction.  Derek and I had felt like God was calling us to move.  We assumed that meant that it was time to pick up and move out of state.  We were excited at the prospect of possibly getting to move close to family.  We began to pray in earnest that he would show us where to go.  As we began praying we realized that maybe where we wanted to go wasn't what God wanted.  We have felt isolated and alone here in Colorado for much of the time we've been here.  Despite attending our old church for four years, being involved in Bible studies and activities, we hadn't made any real friends. We began attending a new church back in October and immediately felt at home there.  It was so wonderful to walk into church and be greeted by an atmosphere of friendliness and authenticity.  We are now attending Christ Community and love how God is challenging us and helping us grow there.  Our church is very passionate about staying true to the Bible as well as growing in the Holy Spirit.  They long for everyone to have that close relationship with God.  I hadn't really realized how much my relationship with Christ has been lacking.  I often grew bored with the everyday prayer.  I didn't really realize what I was missing.  It has been so neat to realize that prayer life doesn't have to be boring and routine.  It's about relationship and listening.  I can't really explain it but it has made a profound difference in my life.  Anyway, so we've been praying for God's guidance for us.  Well, we believe we've received our answer, it just wasn't what we were expecting.  Derek and I both feel that God wants us to move to Loveland.  That is where our practice is and we both feel that God isn't done with us in this place yet.  We both feel that our practice will do better if we're involved in the community where our practice is.  It leaves us wondering about our church life though.  We both feel that we need to be involved in our community over there.  To find a church there, get Katy in better schools, etc.  My heart breaks though because of the wonderful church we've finally found here in Greeley.   I'm left hoping though.  Our church is about growing and planting churches.  Maybe its time for them to plant one in Loveland!  We still don't have all the answers and there is a lot left to do.  It's a lot to take in all at one time along with the adoption plans.  I have to admit though that the thought of not having a long commute everyday to work is very exciting!