On the market

This past week our house officially went on the market. Every step we take makes this whole process seem like more of a reality. Exciting. Terrifying. Can't wait to see what God has. So many emotions rolled up together.



And because this post seems so short, and because my girls are just too cute (i know i'm biased), here are some pics from this weekend we took, with their cousin Hadley, in dresses from my mom :)

Koley has started pointing at everything ...



Getting them all to sit still



Koley starting to escape



Kenna trying to help



More helping



Full on tackle



My fav

Going

It's been awhile since we have given an update ... trying to get into the practice of updating this. So, we have a lot to tell. We went to the missions conference in November and met a couple from Loma de Luz Hospital in Honduras. Peter and I overwhelmingly felt the Holy Spirit prompting us that this is it, this is the place He has been preparing us for. So, we contacted the hospital and set up a visit. We were there from March 17-24. We all five went because we wanted to see what it would be like to be down there with the girls. It was an adventure and it was hard.
Every morning when we woke up, after sleeping about 3 broken hours (we were all in one room), I told Peter, "I don't know if I can do this." And every night when he came back from working at the hospital, we would agree that this is where the Lord wants us. At the end of the week, we were convinced that the Lord was saying, "Go", and honestly, we weren't too happy about it. We love having our girls in Phoenix near their grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins. We love being near everyone. We don't want to leave that. The first few days we were home, we talked about how we could make the choice to stay here and do what we wanted instead of what the Lord wanted. Ha. We were honest with the Lord about our feelings and asked Him to change our hearts and show us what He wanted. As we have kept praying and kept seeking the Lord, He is changing our hearts. He is giving us excitement. And he is assuring us that this is the path He has for us. Every day, we receive something in the mail, or hear a sermon, or read a verse, or receive a phone call from someone that somehow confirms that we are on the right path. He is whispering to us and challenging us to obey. And that is what we are doing. I don't always want to obey, but I trust that He knows best. I trust that He sees more than I do and that His plan is better than mine.
Right now we are looking for a sending agency, an organization we can partner with who will channel our funds, and hoping to have that figured out in the next week or two. We are putting our house on the market a week from today, hoping that it will sell so that we can live in something smaller until we leave. And we are having a HUGE yard sale this Saturday to start cleaning out our house.
We covet your prayers and we continue on this journey with Him.


Here are some pics of our trip :)

The girls dancing in our apartment ... no, Kenna had not just taken a bath, yes, that is sweat ... so HOT!


Playing with some of the other missionary kids ... this is Kingston and Kinzie :)



This picture kills me ... Kenna had just banged her knee when she jumped in the water .... so much screaming


Somebody washing their bus in the river


One of the beaches near where we are staying ... too bad its not beautiful where we will be :)


We spent our last night in Roatan ... a vacation spot in Honduras

Our Story

It started a long time ago. Two people in two very different places feeling a call to go, to follow the Lord, to live as missionaries overseas. They didn't know when. They didn't know where. They didn't know how. But they knew they were called.

For me (Katie) this happened in the summer of 1995 when I was on a missions trip to LA and Tecate. For Peter it happened in 1998 when he was living in South Africa. When we met (2002) and started dating (2004), we talked about how we both felt called to a life living as missionaries in a foreign country. This conversation has continued throughout our married life, still believing we were called, but knowing the time was not right. Until about a year and a half ago when we both began feeling the Lord pushing that the time was coming. We did not know what this meant or what it would look like, but we began praying and listening for direction. About that time, our friend let us know about the Global Missions Health Conference that takes place once a year in Louisville, Kentucky. We knew that it would be a great opportunity to gather information and make contacts and began praying that Peter's schedule would allow us to go.

As the year progressed, we continued to feel the Lord prompting that the time was coming for us to go. Peter's schedule opened up, and we were able to go to the conference - yay! :) We began asking the Lord for wisdom, to guide us, and to show us what He wanted us to see as we were there. We didn't know if that would be going to a seminar that answered some of our big questions, or meeting and finding the place He wanted us to go. We just wanted to be open to receive what He wanted us to receive.

At the conference, there were 200 different "vendors" set up with booths of information/recruiting. As we walked through the booths and talked with people, people kept telling us that we should talk with "Loma de Luz", a hospital in Balfate, Honduras. As we got to the booth and began talking with them, Peter and I both felt overcome. It was as though we were both hit with a tidal wave from the Holy Spirit saying, "GO". And so, we are obeying. We are taking steps towards Honduras as long as the Lord continues to lead us in that direction. Because we long, more than anything, to be where He wants us to be and to do what He wants us to do. We don't always get it right, but we are always striving to serve and please Him.