Following after Him

Well it has been a little bit since I last updated you and so I want to give you a little more information with what the Lord is doing with us as a family.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Katie and Aliyah are both going to school now! Aliyah is attending her kindergarten class and is loving it! For the next three weeks she will be staying another 45 minutes each day so that she can get caught up with the rest of the kids in her class. Her teacher says that she is doing great and is adapting very well. Katie just took her first test last week and got 11 out of 12 right on here spelling test. The only reason why she missed one was because she forgot to do the last one. We are so proud of her. She is also behind in her class, but is working really hard to get caught up. Rebecca is working with her after school and she is learning to read more and more every day. If she gets 100 books read by the end of the school year, she will be able to participate in a pizza party. She has only been in school for one week and already has 7 books read. So there is a lot more to go, but we believe she can do it. Please continue to be praying for the girls as they go to school on a regular basis and pray that they will be able to catch up in their schooling, so far their teachers say that they are doing a great job!

OUR LITTLE NEST

“Our Little Nest” is what we have named our one big room place that we are staying in. The place consists of a walk in closet, a little bathroom which has a shower, sink, and toilet, and then one large room where we fit a bunk bed for the girls, a single bed for Noah, and a queen size bed for Rebecca and I, a refrigerator, a table, and a two drawer dresser. Ok, we do admit that it is not big, but we are tremendously blessed to have this little nest of ours to be living in. The Lord has blessed us in so many ways! I cannot go into too much detail right now. During the morning hours Rebecca and Noah have been running errands, looking for the different things that we need to get our little nest put together and organized. My mom has helped us out so much as well and has blessed us in so many ways! Thank you mom! We are almost finished, still looking for a tall dresser that we can put in our walk in closet, but we are almost there. We have officially been living here for two weeks now. SO THANKFUL & BLESSED!

CC CONFERENCE CENTER 

  Right now the Lord has opened the door for me to volunteer with the Conference Center for a certain amount of hours per week so that we can live here. Every day I have different duties that I am involved in on the campus. Through living here, we are getting to know more and more people as each day goes by. In just a few weeks the Bible College semester will be starting and part of my responsibility will be to oversee the students in the area that they will be serving in and really seeking to disciple them during those hours. I am looking forward to this opportunity to minister and speak into the lives of these students.

Now I have got to admit, this campus is absolutely beautiful! We have been here many times in the past, attending conferences or visiting friends, but never did I ever think that we as a family would be living here. Now I know that it is only for a season, but how blessed it is to be here and to be a part of what the Lord is doing here, no matter what capacity that might mean!

CC BIBLE COLLEGE

This last section will have a lot more information in future write ups, but I have got to share with you what the LORD did last week. He opened up a door for me to be teach a class at the Bible College through the Minor Prophets. I will have to share the story another time, but how amazing is God to answer a prayer of mine on the very same day that I had prayed it. I wasn’t specifically praying to teach at the Bible College, but just putting a desire of mine before Him. Although it has been great to have these past few months off of teaching, I have honestly missed the whole process of studying God’s Word, putting together the studies, and then declaring it to His precious people. PRAISE GOD! HE IS SO GOOD!

So I will be teaching through the Minor Prophets for the spring semester here at the Bible College. That will be 12 books in just 14 classes. For those of you who know me are probably thinking, “YEAH RIGHT – Joey could never do that!” Well, I will be and it is going to be something that I will definitely covet your prayers. Any time you are thinking about us, this will definitely be an area that we ask you to be praying for. Not just for me, but also for the students that will be in the class. At this point I am not sure how many students I will have, but the LORD knows that and I will trust Him with that!

So, like I said, more to come on this…