The last three months in Kentucky have been great. Brian and I cannot even express how great it has been to have time together. Life has been a lot slower than the craziness of life in Texas. Both of us are not working two jobs, looking for new jobs in a whole other state and we are not planning a wedding. It was so good not working for a month and yet that was not real life and of course it had to come to an end. And that is not a bad thing. We thank God for the time and pray that it has strengthened our marriage.
School started two weeks ago for Brian and I have been thrown into a very busy fast paced job at the seminary. No longer am I looking at the clock wondering when it will be 5pm, now I am looking at the clock wishing I had more time to finish what I am working on. Still defiantly learning and will be for the next year as I experience a what the school year looks like at ATS.
Brian first job here did not work out and he has since started working at CVS while waiting to hear back about a bank job that he really wants. Life has seemed all worked out and we were set for the fall everything changed when his job changed and my babysitting stuff changed. We are even looking into a different job that he may apply for but if not at least he will begin training to work in the pharmacy at CVS.
In the midst of all the change and uncertainty I had been looking into doing YL here. When we moved here I was so excited to be able to do YL or to take classes or do whatever I wanted. Deciding what to be involved in and where the Lord wants me has been a challenge. Six weeks ago I wrote an e-mail to one of the guys on staff with YL in Lexington and was able to talk with a staff person about what YL looked like in Lexington area/Jessamine County.
It wasn't the best news in the world because it didn't seem like there was a possibility of doing YL in Jessamine County (where we live and want to have community). I wrestled with this for about 3weeks. I tried to be okay and decided I will work with a youth group or take classes at the seminary (which are free). One day while nannying in the beginning of August I just sat on the couch and cried. I mourned the fact that I wouldn't be able to be a part of YL for another 4years. It was then that I decided I will write an e-mail and tell them my heart and my experience with YL and see about starting up YL. (p.s. way easier to type/say/read than to actually do). That e-mail sat in my drafts box for about 2 weeks. I had e-mailed it to a great friend of mine who shared in my journey with YL in college and she encouraged me to send it. It took me talking to her on the phone to send it. I had been wrestling with if it was simply what I wanted, was it what God was calling me to or am I just a whiner who is living in the past and not seeing what the Lord has for me in the now?
I sent the e-mail. This last Monday I met with the AD of Lexington, KY YL and we talked about my life, story and what brought me to KY as well as the story of YL in Jessamine County and what that means for now. For many reasons, which I understand, we (people who believe in YL and want to see it spread into the neighboring counties in KY) are waiting on the Lord to raise up a committee to really take ownership. So I will take the stand, the only one I am able to as of now, and pray for the committee and for the hearts of people who can rally around a ministry that I believe in so much and have such a desire to be a part of it. Pray that I would have eyes to see and ears to hear where he wants me in all of this and who he may bring before my path as I go forth and simply begin the conversation with those in the community. If you would join me in that, it would be greatly appreciated.
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