A Purposeful Peek

North Carolina is a place that will always hold incredible memories for us – it was the place we landed after moving across the country, where we hardly knew a soul besides each other.   It’s where we endured 2 years of residency and then started our first “grown-up jobs”.   It was where we began our marriage and built a strong foundation in our tiny little rent house on Magnolia Street.   It’s where we moved to a house across town to plant our first garden and grow our first baby.      We hiked the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville and enjoyed the culinary delights of Winston-Salem.   We snowboarded the slopes of Ski Beech mountain and ran our first marathon on the beaches of the Outer Banks.   We road-tripped all over the east coast, making weekend getaways in favorite places like D.C., Roanoke, Virginia Beach, and Charleston. We built relationships at work and church with faithful friends who became like family; we befriended “Doo...

Some of the biggest life changes that top many lists of life stressors include events such as having a baby, moving, buying a house, and starting a new job.  Many people would not recommend doing these all at the same time... But when God calls you to make big changes, He is in the details. Even when he moves you out of your comfort zone, literally. Only three months ago, we were living happily in North Carolina and preparing our home for the arrival of our firstborn. We, like many parents-to-be, were designing our nursery, researching daycare options, and saving our vacation hours at work so that we could take plenty of time off following the delivery of our baby girl.  We were making arrangements with our families in Oklahoma so that they could make the trip out to visit their future niece/granddaughter.  We loved our church family, friends, and neighbors and looked forward to sharing in this new season of parenthood with them. Life was comfortable....