This past St. Patrick’s Day marked 10 years for Katy and I in Ireland. We had so many ups and downs, wins and losses, zigs and zags…but God has been the one constant through it all. It has been intense. We don’t get much time off to see family in the U.S. And when we do, we have to spend most of that time support raising. When we moved to Ireland, I knew it would be a sacrifice for us as a family. But what I didn’t fully comprehend was taking my parents grandkids away from them. As we began having children that reality quickly set in.
There is no part of me that is regretful of moving to Ireland. It is where God wants us, and there’s no better place to be than in His will. But, at times, it can be difficult. But with every difficulty there are ten blessings. I’m so grateful to have parents and a mother-in-law that has only every been supportive in our calling. They are by far our biggest fans, supporters, encouragers, and prayer warriors.
Having said all that, as we have been invited to speak at several missions services this summer, we will be taking as much time as possible in between to make up for lost time. I’m so excited to meet my (Blake’s) brand new niece, Estelle, who was just born yesterday!! Our kids are excited to see cousins, aunts, uncles, and and grandparents.
Please continue to pray for those requests I mentioned in last week’s blog. And if we here anything at all regarding our Zoe Community charity status in Ireland, we will be sure to break the silence and let you know ASAP. But for now, we will be pausing our blog for one month so we can focus fully on family during our down time.
Thank you for all your prayers and support. We hope to bump in to as many of you as possible while we’re in the states. Together we’ll keep moving forward to see what God has in store!