To everything there is a season...

As I look at this picture of our biggest and our littlest, I'm kind of dumbstruck at how God is growing them up. After all, it wasn't too long ago that Glory was a little toothless snugglebug like Nate! I realize that here lately we have been doing a lot of thinking and a lot of praying about how God is growing us up as a family...and NO BLOGGING AT ALL. Sorry! So, for those who only keep up with us via what gets posted here, I better scoot WAY back and start at the very beginning (a very good place to start :) ... Ever since Taylor and I have been married, we have been working on learning Spanish. We used to visit a friend who did gospel work on the Texas/Mexico border, but we have not been in recent years due to the drug cartel activity in that area. We've looked for other opportunities to practice Spanish and continued to pray about someday living in a Spanish-speaking country. As we saw how readily our kids were picking up the minimal Spanish we exposed them to, we thought more and more about moving while they were young enough to absorb language so easily. Early this year, we realized that thanks to Taylor's extremely flexible/portable job, and the money the Lord has allowed him to make, the only thing keeping us from traveling was our milk cow...so in May, we sold her. We are prayerfully considering moving to Trujillo, Peru, for six months of next year. (That is as long as we can legally stay on a tourist visa). Though we are making plans in that direction, we certainly do not have tickets bought...and are waiting for the Lord to continue opening doors for us. We're really excited to get to experience such a different culture, and worship with brothers and sisters we've never met. :D We are not "Becoming Missionaries"; we are CONTINUING to be Christians, speaking about the Lord's loving-kindness as He gives us opportunity. We pray that the Lord uses our time there for His glory and covet your prayers that we would make decisions with His wisdom!