Our new Adventure...

will begin this summer at the end of July as we move to Cheyenne, WY.  Jeremy will stay with his current company, but will be taking on a slightly different position.  Instead of being the Corporate Safety Manager, which requires a lot of travel to the different plants across the United States and Canada, he will be the HR Manager of the Cheyenne plant and the Pueblo, CO plant.  This will require a dramatic difference in the amount he travels which makes us all happy!  Jeremy knew this was a possibility, as the HR Manager currently in Cheyenne is retiring this year.  

2 weeks ago, Jeremy and I took a trip to Cheyenne to look at the community and see if this was a good fit for our family.  We prayed that our trip would provide clarity in the direction God wanted us to go.  We both felt peace about Cheyenne and a feeling of God pushing us out of our comfort zone.  It's much easier and "safer" staying in Newton.  We have a fantastic church that we love and have met some really wonderful friends.  

Over the last month, however, our church has been studying the book of Acts.  The new church in Acts was growing and thriving and getting bigger everyday.  It was a "comfort zone" for those new believers.  But God didn't want them to stay in their mega church and instead a persecution broke out, scattering the gospel.  Much like the church in Acts, we're very content just staying in Newton.  But something that has stuck out to us is that being obedient to God's will for us is much better than just being "comfortable."  

So with faith, we start this new journey with the realization that it will be hard.  Hard being 9 and 12 hours away from our families.  

Hard starting over in a new church and finding new friends.

Hard selling our house and finding a new one.  

But we know that's where God is calling our family and so we rest knowing that if God has called us there, he will most graciously "give us all good things".  

Please pray for us as we begin our new adventure.  

1. Pray that God will provide the right buyer for our house as soon as possible.  (I get concerned over whether our house will sell before we leave and how we will handle that financially.)

2.  Pray that God will provide us with a nice place to live in Cheyenne whether that is renting or buying.  We would also love a place big enough so that we can house guests that come visit us!  (We're planning on Memorial Day weekend next year Marc and Sarah!)

3.  Pray that there will be a wonderful Infant/Toddler program for Mady.  We have a fantastic Physical Therapist that we work with here and would love for Mady to have everything she needs to continue making progress.  Please pray that her transition would be easy as well.

4. Pray that we would find a church that is a good fit for us and that I (Nicole) won't be shy, but will be willing to get out of my comfort zone and meet new people.  It will be especially important since I am a stay-at-home mom to meet other moms.  

5.  Pray for wisdom and clarity because we have a lot of decisions to make in the coming months.  We are already starting to clean, organize, and get our house ready to sell.  

Thank you to those of you who have already been praying for us as we were contemplating this decision.  We definitely felt God's peace and wisdom as we were looking at Cheyenne.  

So our new adventure begins!  We're looking forward to seeing what God has in store for us!