New Mission

We will NOT be moving to China next year after all as we did not get the one possible job available to us in Shanghai! :( We had made it through the first interview but they decided to go with a teaching couple instead! They suggested, to make Joey more hirable, that I become a teacher....HAHA! I believe that would only keep us here longer as no school would want to hire ME as a teacher! But possibly the teacher-school nurse combo may come in handy some day, Lord willing.

Anyway, we are thankful God slammed the door in our face as this was the only way we would hear him saying, "NO CHINA!" We had our hearts set on moving there but it has become clear that is not what we should do (nor are actually capable of doing), for now anyway. We don't believe in anyway this means, never China. Simply not now. So as we praise God (in a weird way) and we are now on the lookout for houses in the St. Louis area. Staying put state-side means it's time to buckle down and earn some equity, if that door should open for us. This is scary for us because we still want so much to be available to jump up and go as soon as China is ready for us but we know we don't want to keep pouring into rent our whole lives. Owning a house is another deep desire for both of us, we just thought it would come AFTER China.

Anyway, please pray for us now that we will be able to save like crazy and then find a perfect house all by this summer when our lease on this apartment ends in July!