How it all came about

                                                                 

 As usual, when big things happen Josh is traveling.  He received a phone call late one evening while in the hotel.  Asking how he would like to work in Italy.  There weren't many details yet, but his mind started spinning and let's say he didn't sleep much that night. 

Fast forward to the next morning.  I was doing my usual bible study and just felt and overwhelming sense that I needed to say "Yes" to God.  I didn't know what that meant, but in one short day I would find out.  Josh would get home late that night but I was already in bed.  He didn't want to wake me, so he held onto the news for one more day.  Another sleepless night for him.  

It's now Thursday morning, and Josh comes down while I'm doing my bible study and asks starts off by saying, "Remember how when we were at the beach, we said it would be so nice to live by the ocean?"  

I remember, but I'm a little confused at this point and waiting for the rest.  I'm thinking he's going to ask me to move to North Carolina or something like that.  

Next he says, "  Well what do you think about Italy?"

Insert, shock. I was completely surprised, but had a calm that you would never have seen when I was asked to move to the Netherlands.  

I told Josh later in the day, that I think this is what God wants me to say yes to.  While the decision to leave our friends and family is incredibly hard.  We are choosing to because we believe in the path that we are on and will choose to do what is hard if it means following what God has intended for good.  

It's been about 5 months and we're still waiting on a lot of things to fall into place, but we wait with hope and joy and expectations as we prepare for this move across the ocean.