1 John 2:2

So we finalized our decision to go to Redding this summer. We have been thinking about this and checking into different possibilities since last September when school started. I had contacted at least 5 different guys before Christmas about possibly doing an internship with them when school was done. I met with pastor Brian from Romania and discussed the possibilities of going over there but because of certain situations decided not to pursue that any longer.
So a couple of weeks after our 2nd trimester started I hadn't had much feed back from anyone else and was really starting to wonder what to do next. I remembered that the Word says to make our requests known to Him, so I did. It was a Sunday night and I was up late praying and I specifically prayed that God would let me hear back from one of these guys within 1 week and give me some more direction on what avenue to pursue. Well God is faithful and I recieved an email from the pastor in Canada that I had been trying to get a hold of. Sweet I thought, the Lord must want me to start in that direction. Well the next morning Mellie called me and told me we had recieved an email from pastor Kirk in England who I had also been trying to contact. He said he would love to have us there and sent us some paperwork to start filling out. Sweet I thought, now I have 2 possibilities. So that next saturday I was filling out the paperwork to do an internship in Stockport, England when my computer beeped at me telling me I had a new email. It was from pastor Brian in Redding.
It had been a couple of months since I had heard anything from him so I had pretty much dismissed the opportunity. Well in his email he laid out this huge plan that he had obviously been thinking and praying about. He needs an assistant pastor, he offered us to stay in his own house if we need to, and even offered to put me to work with him laying carpet as much as he could. It was a total answer to prayer.
I had been going through the book of proverbs at the time and remember it saying at least three times that there is safety and wisdom in a multitude of counselors. So I took that next week to really pray and seek Godly counsel about it all. One of the guys I talked to was pastor Mike Sasso here at Calvary Boise. One of the things he said was to "just make sure he is seeking to build God's kingdom, not his own." Well later that week we had decided that we were going to take the open door and start planning our move down there. When I called Brian to tell him and talk about the ministry that we will be helping out with he told me that our plan was just to build God's kingdom - almost exactly quoting what pastor Mike told me.
Anyway we are very excited to take this step of faith and really just desire to give our whole lives to serve the Lord. I am so thankful that He has given me a wife who is so supportive and also has a heart to serve. "...all things were created through Him and for Him." -Col.1:16