We did it

We made it through a pandemic. Yes, we sure did.

How is it that one day we are living life as usual and the next the world shuts down? How crazy that we took so many things for granted. 

How is it that now on the other side of that, here we are once again taking those same things for granted?

I am so thankful for the opportunity to take the "normal" things for granted. 

However, we will never quite be the same. We have experienced the effects of loss on a grand scale. We have experienced the effects of isolation. We have experienced the effects of mass unknown. We have experienced church from online and from the parking lot.

No, I don't think we will ever be the same. I hope that we have grown and learned new ways to seek the Lord and find Him. I hope we have learned that God is never far away no matter what we are facing. I hope we have learned the immense value of being together in the church with a body of believers. I hope we have learned that we are important to the body of Christ in every season. 

Life looks a bit different. 

Family looks a bit different.

Ministry looks a bit different.

Since I last wrote I have reentered the workforce. I now work in the boys' school in the lunchroom. I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! I love the work, I love the kids, I love my coworkers, I love it all! 

Our family now looks a bit different. We have embraced some sweet young ladies from our church and have included them into our family and we love them and their families so much. We love getting to do life with this and watching them grow in their walk with the Lord. We are so so proud that they want to be a part of what God is doing in us as well.

Ministry looks different as well. Not only because the pandemic changed us but because I have now stepped into the roll of Interim Youth Pastor at our church. I love what I get to do. I love my kids. I love my youth. I love the families of this church completely. Hubs is still the BEST CHILDRENS PASTOR I have ever known. He is patient, creative, so incredibly hard working and HE LOVES THIS COMMUNITY with all of his heart.

We did it. We didn't give up when the world got scary. We didn't quit fighting to get back inside the church. We didn't quit listening to the direction of the Lord even though it was a bit of a roller coaster for a bit. We didn't stop loving when our hearts were broken. We did it. 

WE did it. God at the lead and us closely following. We could NEVER have made it without HIM. He pulled us through. He has been faithful to be faithful through EVERY twist, turn, ups and downs!

Welcome back to Faith, Family & Ministry! I hope you'll stay a while and share in this journey with me.