Some New Friends

A few weeks ago I mentioned we went to the beach with our friends the Kohouts.  We have continued to meet with them and pray with them.  It looks as if the Lord is leading us to plant a church together.  We have prayed and prayed throughout this whole journey and God has answered so many prayers.

Martins and the Kohouts - minus sweet baby girl they are adopting from Ethiopia!

Its frightening to me at times to link arms with a family we have known 6 months.  But the Lord has met every fear with truth.  He always seems to come back with something to walk me through the moment of fear.  And we so love them.  That have become some of our best friends in this short amount of time.  And our kids adore each other!

We have said over and over that we are walking in as much light as God is choosing to give us.  And we will continue to walk in the way we think He is leading until He tells us otherwise.  This is the Lord's doing, it's His Church.  So we have to remain in him.  Let him lead and build his church in the way He's going to do it.  We are called to trust and be obedient.

This journey has been exciting, stressful, frightening, encouraging, hard, and strengthening.  It's been so worth it!  Pray with us as we seek to follow the Lord's desire for a new church in the area.  We have no idea what its going to look like, but we know its gonna be awesome!