"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He will direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5,6
This verse has always been one of my life verses but the past few weeks I have really been clinging to it. This past Sunday was our last day at First FWB Church in Dickson. We found out the beginning of December that the church was doing away with Jeff's position as Associate Pastor and he would not be paid anymore as of the end of December. They were also doing away with my position as Church Secretary. We were surprised that this decision had been made by the leadership. God seemed to really be working and our youth group, B.O.L.D. Ministries, was growing. This decision was not because of budget problems or anything Jeff or myself had done. Matter of fact, they told us how much they appreciated us and what we have done for the church and wanted us to continue doing what we were doing. It has been a hard thing to understand. We have felt stabbed in the back and just felt that the leadership, some of the members and ourselves were not on the same page as far as the vision of the church and it's ministry. We spent many hours praying over what this meant for Jeff's ministry and what he felt God wanted him to do. We felt like God was shutting the door of that ministry and that it was time to pursue other ministry opportunities. This was a hard decision to make. We love the people and have grown very close to the teens in our youth group. Sunday was a hard day, but we plan to keep in touch with those teens and stay connected to them.
So, Jeff is now looking for a youth pastor position in the middle Tennessee area if at all possible. This past year I moved into a new position as Financial Aid Coordinator at FWBBC and really feel like God has worked in that and placed me there as my ministry. So we would like to be able to stay close to Nashville so that I can continue to work there. If anyone knows of a church that is looking for someone we would love to hear about it. He is looking for either a part-time youth position or full-time. He doesn't have a problem with be a bi-vocational youth pastor. He has a huge burden for the youth of our denomination and I know that God has the perfect place for him, we just have to wait for that door to open.
Please pray for our kids through all of this. We will be attending another FWB church here in Dickson as we wait for God to open doors. The boys seem to be dealing with all of this fine. Sunday after church Noah came to me and said "Momma can we go out to eat to celebrate going to a new church." I think he is more like his Dad and welcomes change. Kylee on the other hand as a teenager is having a hard time, which is very understandable. My dad moved us from Arkansas to Illinois when I was going into the 6th grade so I completely understand how she feels. The difference from then and now is that she has a phone of her own and Facebook to stay in contact with her friends from the church.
Not much else is happening around here except for all the snow we are getting. The kids were out of school all last week because of snow. Then they were out this Monday for MLK day. They went to school Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday they were dismissed at 11:30 because of snow that was coming that afternoon. We ended up with about 2 inches last night so they didn't have school today. I just watched the news and they are saying there is more snow coming Sunday and Monday. Dickson County has 1 more snow day built into the calendar and then we will have to start making them up. We started with 11 snow days. The scary thing is that it has only been winter for a month and we still have 6 or 7 weeks of winter left. Who knows how long into the summer they will be going to school!
Jeff took advantage of the snow day and re-arranged the boys room and cleaned it out some. It looks a lot better and even looks like they are a little more room. Kylee is wanting us to re-arrange her room tomorrow, so guess we will try to get that done.
Well thanks for reading about all that's going on with us. We would greatly appreciate your prayers during this time. Jeff has signed up to sub in Dickson County schools. But with all this snow he hasn't had a chance to yet.
I don't have any recent pictures to share so since I didn't post any during Christmas I will post a couple from our Christmas at the Edgmons. Hope everyone has a great weekend!
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