It all Started on Monday, July 5th, 2021 at the
BMM Family Conference. When we arrived, our family was sitting at about 93%
support and were anticipating a conversation with our new field administrator, Steve, to start to formulate a timeline for transition to Syracuse.
We have a meeting with him and the Jewells on Tuesday (July 6th)
evening and through the conversation we learned that Steve and the Jewells
thought it would be good for us to move to Syracuse ASAP to get involved in the
ministry this fall and finish our support raising there! The approval process was
that I needed to talk with my sending pastor, Pastor Dave, to get his ok on
the plan and then Steve would get in touch with the administration for final
approval. He said that this may take some time.
The next day (July 7th), We met with our pastor
for dinner and he was totally behind the idea without question! I approached
Steve again so he could get things going with the administration. On Thursday morning
(July 8th), He came to us and said that we were given the ok to move
as soon as we could find housing! This threw our world into a spin! We never
thought we would leave the conference looking to move to Syracuse right away! Also,
during the week, we also saw our support slowly rise to just under 96%... God
was at work! As if that was not enough, we received a letter Thursday afternoon
from an individual from a supporting church that was sent on Monday (July 5th)
before we knew about moving. In this letter, the gentleman explained that God
placed it on his mind to help in our move to Syracuse and gave us a check for
moving, $1,000!
Since the conference, about 2 weeks, God has increased our
support to about 99%! The story is not finished yet, we are still waiting on
God to provide housing in the midst of a very difficult housing market. After
all the God has orchestrated in the past 3 weeks, I believe it is a matter of
time before God opens the door for a house in Syracuse! In the meantime, we
pack and prepare while we look at housing and wait on HIM.
