The Start of it all - Chapter 1

My first posting…save this, folks.  I feel like we are getting ready to set out to discover a new world.  I have no idea if we will hit gold or fail miserably, but I asked for adventure in this life and God is handing a big one to us now!  I still can’t believe we are going to be heading off to plant a church!  It sounds so big and I don’t feel ready…but who is ever ready for anything really.  I remember when we found out we were pregnant with Ellie three years too early for our timeline.  We weren’t ready for a baby in every way the world thinks you should be, but God took care of us then and she is a thriving 7 years later!  This feels a bit like that.  How humbling it was to be handed a precious 7 pound baby girl on loan from God who we are suppose to raise?  Talk about terrifying!  Now God is calling us to Appleton, WI to start a church and share the gospel.  Who are we to do this?  What makes us qualified?  Maybe one day I will have an answer to that, but don’t expect to see it in any posting in the near future!! This journey is just as much of a gospel lesson for us as it will be for our future church. 

I look forward to sharing this journey with you during the next years.  I will say now that I tend to be an open book.  You won’t get a blog about how wonderful everything is when it isn’t.  I have a feeling this is going to be very testing and trying at times, BUT I also know that God gleans the most “fruit” from us when we are on our knees before him.  So, you will be hearing about the good times and the hard times.  It will be a wonderful support to know you are all entering into this with us.  I will keep you posted from now on and the progress of getting ready to move, fund raising, fun stories of the girls and the highs and lows of it all!  God bless each one of you!

Much love,
Erin

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