Chapter Two.

Chapter Two has been difficult to write because it is so so good God.
And by 'difficult', I mean words cannot possibly do it justice- especially in text.



We had one more thing to figure out in our new neck of the woods: Church.

Frankly, we had not been in weekly church for a while. A lot of families who have exceptional needs will tell you that church is hard. Finding a church that not only accepts your kids, but embraces them, provides them with opportunity (and you with respite)... it's just not easy. We honestly didn't experience that. Still- many other factors had played a role and we kinda just gave up while we took care of everything else.

How do you even begin to look for "your" church in a new town? We Googled each one we passed and were simultaneously over and underwhelmed. I had made a quick connection with one person in particular in my brief time at the school and reached out, letting her know that diversity and missions were important to us. We made arrangements to visit her church the first Sunday of January, and she sent the website for us to check out in the meantime.

I wish you could have seen our faces while we skimmed the website.  We were sucked in quickly, not at all by anything flashy or or modern.  We were reading all about their mission for the local homeless, how hard they have worked, going as far as developing the "Isaiah 58" house to serve as transitional housing.

Which, of course, is our house. Because God is crazy like that.

So, there's our house. And it's purpose. (Which is now framed on our wall because YES.)(And hanging next to an Elvis record, obviously).

And the things that have happened since the moment we stepped foot into Greater Faith? I don't even know if would believe me right now.

I can tell you that it may be the whole reason I made a pit-stop at the school... that maybe the whole "job" thing was orchestrated specifically as a stepping stone to get us to this church.  The truths/prophecies that have been spoken to us since Day One are loud and overwhelming and spot on, in the best ways.

Greater Faith has been a game changer.  We are happy and welcomed and free and revived.
We are grateful. And EXCITED about what's next!

There's most definitely a Chapter Three....