It's official Brad and I are moving back to Oregon. God has been speaking to us about moving back home even though we didn't think we would ever go back to Hermiston, OR. It is a bittersweet time in our life. Sweet because we will be closer to family and bitter because we will miss all the family and friends we have made in Indiana. Although we are sad we know God has his reasons for moving us.
Brad and I were not certain what God's will was until he spoke to us in a few different ways. Well it started back in December. Brad and I had both been having vivid dreams about God telling us to move back home. Brad had a few dreams where he was in Washington witnessing to some people and also a dream that we were living back home. Dreams are a frequent thing with him. Now myself on the other hand can never remember anything I dream and I figure that's because it's not from God. After a few weeks of praying for guidance from God, I had a dream. It was so real that I literally woke up prepared to move.
In my dream Brad and I were with someone down south and they were telling us that God wanted us to move. Our first reaction was that we were going to move to another state but not Oregon. The man told us that we needed to go back to Fort Wayne, sell all our things and move back to Oregon. So after we were told this Brad and I went back home, sold all our things loaded up and drove back to Oregon. It was so real to me and right away I told Brad what happened.
So a few weeks later we heard that some friends of ours were going to Georgia to the RAMP and we decided to go since Brad had time off and my work gave everyone a week off for Christmas. When we got there we were praying for Guidance and we felt like God was telling us to not be afraid. Well after the Ramp we went back home still not sure when God wanted us to move. Honestly I thought it would be a year or two before we actually moved but everything is in Gods timing. Well as most of you know in January we had a few deaths in our family. We really felt like God was saying time is short things need to be done soon. We may be the only light to the lost people in our family. Even then we still were not positive what to do. We love Ft. Wayne and all the people we have come to know and love. We were so welcomed by everyone and got involved with the Youth Group right away once we found First Assembly. We feel called to Youth and love mentoring them.
Anyways, Brad and I just kept praying and speaking to God, one thing we prayed about was what to tell my mom since she was living with us. We knew she wouldn't want to move back to the west coast. One day, the week before camp Brad was upstairs praying about what we were suppose to do with my mom. Me not knowing that he was praying, at the same time was downstairs thinking the same thing and just praying under my breathe about the whole situation. Then once Brad came downstairs my mom just blurted out that she wanted to move to Massachusetts with her brother. I was shocked especially once Brad told me he had just been praying about it.
After we talked things out we decided to see about buying a plane ticket. We didn't have any extra money really and were worried that we would have to wait a few months. After tithe and everything we had about $60 left. When I was looking for plane tickets they all were around $200 but then after praying that God would help us since we were short on cash I found a ticket for $53 with tax! Praise God. It seemed like God was preparing for our move.
Well then in February the week before Winter Retreat Brad and I decided to do a week long Daniel fast. We didn't eat sweets or meats. Well on the day that our fast was over which was the same day as when we got to camp Brads old co-worker called him and told him that a job opportunity that Brad was not sure about was closing. He told Brad that they were taking the posting down and that he had to apply right then and there to be considered for the position or else they were not going to hire anyone for the next few months. We felt like that was God telling us to stay because we prayed that he would close doors and open others.
Well then the next week after camp Brad's old boss called him and told him to apply for the job and that he wanted to hire him. During camp we had some people prophecy over us that we need to do what God is asking us to do and to have a spirit of faith and boldness. Well Brad applied and we found out a week later that he got the job! Right away we started trying to sale our things and get everything ready to move. We had a yard sale a week before we moved so I prayed we would sale all of our large items and that day one person came and bought all our furniture besides our bed set! God is good and we were so excited when we were able to sale all our stuff even our bed set. If you want to listen to the message we heard at Winter Ramp I posted it below. It is very good.
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