Beauty in the Busy

The months of February & March have been busy. Our little family has found itself always on the go. Our days filled with family, friends, and lots ministry.

At night we fall into bed, hug the other, share highlights from our days, talk over the hard parts, then doze off ready for the next day. 

We are so thankful to be tired at the end of the day.

Thankful that we are surrounded with life that is ever changing.

Hard. Challenging. Beautiful. Full of grace and Jesus. 

One thing that I've learned is that we have the choice if what we are busy with is going to matter, mean something in the long run. Or if we are going to be busy just for the sake of being busy. Lets make our busy beautiful, lets make it count.

The last month there have been lots of birthdays, weddings, laughs, tears, cheering students on in the middle of their life's battles, less & less sleep, praying, celebrating, traveling, baby toting, conferences, community, building friendships, retreats, and growing in the Lord. 

Last week we took our students on a spring break trip that was simply incredible. The entire week we intentionally provided ample opportunity for students to spend time with the Lord. Opportunities for them to seek after God instead of us continually providing them with the word & worship all week. It was such a beautiful time with our students. To watch them grow in Christ. It was extra special because Johnny and I got married in the beautiful chapel there 5 years ago. 

The month of March is still going strong with so many things going on. We have fine arts this weekend and then I'm going to Hope Spoken next weekend! I'm so ready to join 250 other women just like myself ready to grow in the Lord & build community. Woohoo!  

~brit

Big Life Changes: The Difference a Month Can Make

hey friends. so once again it has been a month since I have last posted here.
If you follow me on IG you have probably caught a mini blog post here & there.

life has been a bit chaotic, crazy, sad, bittersweet, exiting, over-the-top overwhelming, and wonderful all at the same time. Seriously, its possible. Let me explain....

About 9 months ago the Lord began stirring the hearts of both my husband & myself.
He began shifting things within our spirits. We began to think about youth ministry quite often.
However, we ignored the stirring for a while....simply because we truly loved the place in life we were at. And our place in ministry. We were comfortable.

While Johnny was in Haiti the Lord spoke to him about the stirring in our hearts... confirming that it was His perfect timing for us to step out in faith. To pursue this change in ministry for our lives. With the direction of the Lord we have taken a youth pastor position in Houston. While there is so much excitement in our hearts for what the Lord has in store for us in this new chapter of our lives - it is all very bittersweet because we truly have fallen in love with the sweet community of people from our church in East Texas. The thought of not getting together on Monday nights for Coffee & Community with the group of women I've come to love, respect, and value so much makes my heart hurt. The last few Monday nights were very bittersweet for me. We are going to miss our college small group get togethers on Thursday nights. Sunday night small group with other couples & friends we love. 

When we first moved there, Noah was 6 months old, I was heartbroken to leave the place we were before. I was honestly depressed & uncertain if the Lord was ever going to bring me true friendships again..real, authentic friendships. Of course, he did. I'm going to miss late night coffee runs with friends, sitting on the back deck growing & doing life with other couples, and praying through the heartaches of life with special friends. I'm confident these friendships were God given & lasting.

So thankful for our time at LFA & thankful for the relationships there. Also I love looking back on everything the Lord has done in our life over the last 3 years, incredible. He has been so faithful. I'm thankful for the times that truly hurt to grow in our faith... pushing us, testing us, and planting our roots deeper in Christ. So grateful.

So... Johnny actually began working & commuting a few weeks ago. We quickly realized that him being gone so often (so far) with me being very pregnant was a bit much. So we moved in with my parents about a week ago until Olivia is here & we close on our home. (My parents live just under 1.5 hours away from Houston) We put our house up for sell & praise the Lord have a contract on it. We would greatly appreciate your prayers that selling our home continues to go smoothly.

We are so excited about what the Lord has in store. 
My heart is so full thinking about student ministry again. 
I'm just ready. 
Ready for this transition to be complete. 
Ready for our precious girl to arrive in our lives so she can begin this journey with us. 
Ready to get settled into a new place 
Ready to jump in with both feet to what the Lord has ahead.
Exciting times for sure.

~Brit