Well life has been crazy since the last post. Here is a little recap of the Webster Life the past few months!
My last post, I posted about Senior Sunday coming up. The next weekend after Senior Sunday, Aaron, Brody, and I headed to Bentonville, AR to interview for the youth pastor position at Bentonville Church of the Nazarene. This was an interview we had bathed in prayer.
It was a good weekend. It was very busy. We liked the town and the people were very nice. Aaron was fairly certain by the time we left that we needed to come to Bentonville to start ministry here. I, on the other hand, was a little unsure. The town was small, I would have to leave the students that I adore and have built great relationships with, leave friends in Houston, leave my job, etc. But as I prayed the Lord showed me that these were all excuses about ME and MY insecurities. None of them were about God and Him not wanting us to come - but about me being nervous. After a lot of prayer, I felt the same peace as Aaron that we needed to come to Bentonville.
The next Sunday we told the church and our students, one of the hardest things we have had to do! I think it came as a shock to many and not a lot was said that day.
School ended and we headed to camp! Camp was a great week!! It was also one of the hardest weeks I have had in a while. It was really hard going through it knowing it was our last with TSM students. Many tears were shed and that week Aaron and I both "let go".
After getting back from camp, the next week was spent packing the house up. Boy do we have alot of "stuff". I tried to get rid of lots of things! I still feel like I have so much. My mom came that week and helped a lot! My dad came at the end of the week and it was great spending time with him. This week I also had a job interview and got a job at Lincoln Junior High over a phone interview. Totally a God thing!! For every job, there are 200 applicants. I am so blessed to have this job!! Thank you Lord for providing! We also had a wonderful going away party! Thanks to all who helped make that possible and who came!
Then we headed to Jacksonville, FL for a family vacation, just the 3 of us. Thanks Kayce for letting us stay with you!! We did a lot of relaxation and much needed recouping!! After a week in FL we headed home!!
We got home and got in full swing of finishing packing and cleaning. We packed our truck up Monday June 25th and went to Dallas that night. Thanks to all who helped!! You made it so much quicker! We arrived in Bentonville the afternoon of June 26th. We moved in June 27th. Thanks for all the help - it was done in 1 hour!!! With the help of Aaron's parents, our house was set up by June 29th!! And Kourt, Nat, and Lisa stopped by on Saturday along with Jared and that was just great!
We have been in Bentonville a little over a week now and already have fallen in love with this town. It is much smaller than Houston but that is a good thing! :) You can get practically anywhere in 15 minutes TOPS! The people here are so NICE!! We have said over and over we just cannot get over how nice people are here. For instance, at the fireworks show last night we met a couple. After 1 hour of talking they gave us their number, said drop by to swim anytime, and if we ever need dinner just call and say we are on the way and they will have dinner ready when we get there. Really? Who are these people?? :) The people are just awesome and the community feeling is so great! Now, dont get me wrong. We loved the people in Houston!!! We just really like the atmosphere here!
The Lord has confirmed to us many times that we are right were He wants us!! We feel confident we made the right decision in our move. Although it was SUPER difficult to leave the people in Houston, we know we followed the Lord and that offers a peace that cannot be compared or given any other way than through Jesus! We are SO excited to be in Bentonville and get to know the people here and see what the Lord will do through us here!
Well thats a recap of our life!! Enjoy!
Karlee
My last post, I posted about Senior Sunday coming up. The next weekend after Senior Sunday, Aaron, Brody, and I headed to Bentonville, AR to interview for the youth pastor position at Bentonville Church of the Nazarene. This was an interview we had bathed in prayer.
It was a good weekend. It was very busy. We liked the town and the people were very nice. Aaron was fairly certain by the time we left that we needed to come to Bentonville to start ministry here. I, on the other hand, was a little unsure. The town was small, I would have to leave the students that I adore and have built great relationships with, leave friends in Houston, leave my job, etc. But as I prayed the Lord showed me that these were all excuses about ME and MY insecurities. None of them were about God and Him not wanting us to come - but about me being nervous. After a lot of prayer, I felt the same peace as Aaron that we needed to come to Bentonville.
The next Sunday we told the church and our students, one of the hardest things we have had to do! I think it came as a shock to many and not a lot was said that day.
School ended and we headed to camp! Camp was a great week!! It was also one of the hardest weeks I have had in a while. It was really hard going through it knowing it was our last with TSM students. Many tears were shed and that week Aaron and I both "let go".
After getting back from camp, the next week was spent packing the house up. Boy do we have alot of "stuff". I tried to get rid of lots of things! I still feel like I have so much. My mom came that week and helped a lot! My dad came at the end of the week and it was great spending time with him. This week I also had a job interview and got a job at Lincoln Junior High over a phone interview. Totally a God thing!! For every job, there are 200 applicants. I am so blessed to have this job!! Thank you Lord for providing! We also had a wonderful going away party! Thanks to all who helped make that possible and who came!
Then we headed to Jacksonville, FL for a family vacation, just the 3 of us. Thanks Kayce for letting us stay with you!! We did a lot of relaxation and much needed recouping!! After a week in FL we headed home!!
We got home and got in full swing of finishing packing and cleaning. We packed our truck up Monday June 25th and went to Dallas that night. Thanks to all who helped!! You made it so much quicker! We arrived in Bentonville the afternoon of June 26th. We moved in June 27th. Thanks for all the help - it was done in 1 hour!!! With the help of Aaron's parents, our house was set up by June 29th!! And Kourt, Nat, and Lisa stopped by on Saturday along with Jared and that was just great!
We have been in Bentonville a little over a week now and already have fallen in love with this town. It is much smaller than Houston but that is a good thing! :) You can get practically anywhere in 15 minutes TOPS! The people here are so NICE!! We have said over and over we just cannot get over how nice people are here. For instance, at the fireworks show last night we met a couple. After 1 hour of talking they gave us their number, said drop by to swim anytime, and if we ever need dinner just call and say we are on the way and they will have dinner ready when we get there. Really? Who are these people?? :) The people are just awesome and the community feeling is so great! Now, dont get me wrong. We loved the people in Houston!!! We just really like the atmosphere here!
The Lord has confirmed to us many times that we are right were He wants us!! We feel confident we made the right decision in our move. Although it was SUPER difficult to leave the people in Houston, we know we followed the Lord and that offers a peace that cannot be compared or given any other way than through Jesus! We are SO excited to be in Bentonville and get to know the people here and see what the Lord will do through us here!
Well thats a recap of our life!! Enjoy!
Karlee
