The End of the Road

Well, it has been a long 4 months since Ryan was laid off from Rubbermaid. During that time we have grown closer as a family and learned radical dependence on the Lord as we trusted Him to lead us. Yesterday we caught a glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel. Ryan received a call from a recruiter he's been working with - she informed him that Pure Fishing (Jarden) in Columbia, SC had made him an offer! Praise the Lord!! Although it wasn't as much as he was making at Rubbermaid, it was a job...and for that, we were grateful.

Today, Ryan left early in the morning to make the long drive to Madison, NC to have his final round of interviews with Remington. He just called me a few minutes ago and said that he was done and that they are putting an offer together! They will have it to him by Thursday so he can compare the two offers and make a decision. Although, we already feel that the Lord is leading us to take the Remington job.

We are amazed at how God has provided for us during the months that Ryan was unemployed. And it is just like Him to take us right to the end of our severance pay (so that we have to trust that He will provide)...and then not one, but TWO offers have come in. We are basking in the glow of His faithfulness today and are eagerly waiting on Him to see what is next! For those of you who are regularly praying for us, here are our new requests:

1) That our house will sell quickly
2) That we will find a Christian school that has an opening for Lauren this fall
3) That we will find a house quickly

In many ways, it feels like the end of a long journey...but it also feels like the beginning of a new one. The Lord has moved us before and He is calling us to move again (thankfully, not as far this time). And we know that His ways are greater than ours, so we are anxious to see what He has for us in a new city, new job, new church, etc!

Praise be to the One "who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us" (Ephesians 3:20).