There's a Bug in our soup...

Think about a time when you were so hungry for soup.  I'm not talking about watery, barely anything in it soup.  I'm talking think full soup, maybe even a really good chili.    You are so hungry for this soup that when you go to the restaurant with your friends all you want to do is eat.  No small talk, no conversations, just order and pray that the waiter/waitress is very efficient at their job.  Then finally out comes the food.  Everybody gets theirs and they place the big bowl in front of you.  Your eyes are wide with hunger, you know that if you don't get this food into you soon you will pass out and cause a scene that would never be forgotten by your friends. The bowl is placed in front of you and you survey which suculant spoon full you will eat first.  As you look down you see it.  Staring up at you, lifeless and lost.

A Bug.

You tell the waiter about the bug, and he apologizes and says that unfortunately that was the last bowl of the soup, you are going to have to order something different.   Everything that you were expecting, hoping and ready for has changed.  It seems that your whole eating experience will never be as good as it could have been.  And so you move on and pick something else and to your surprise it is even better than you thought the soup would have been.

That is where my wife Stacia and I are at.  A "bug" has been placed in our soup of life, and God is asking us to move onto something different. 

In early January we were offered positions within the International Christian School in Hong Kong. (Check out their website: http://www.ics.edu.hk/ )  WHAT A BUG IN OUR SOUP!  Though this is something we have been praying for, exploring options and thinking is this really what God wants us to do, we still have the shock of the change that is coming. 

So here we are.  in 5 months and 28 days (ish) Stacia will take most of what we have and move overseas.

Now we are not doing this without sadness.  We are in such an amazing church community with PEPC having been the Director for the past 3 years.  I feel that I have grown up before the church's eyes.  Professionally the experience that I have received has been a vital part in shaping me today.  Personally the church walked with Stacia and I as we started dating and then got married.  The relationships that we have built with the community will not be replaced, forgotten or left behind.  We are so excited to continue to walk with the PEPC community from a distance, growing with them in a different side of the world.


In Genesis 12 God calls Abram (who God will change his name to Abraham) to pack up and leave his country.  Abram packs up his wife, nephew and home and leaves on God's word that he will be blessed and be able to bless those in this new land.  Abram is being called by God to do something greater than himself. 

Now let me be honest, we are not close to Abraham.  But I know that through this process of getting to this point, Stacia and I are called to leave.  To move to Hong Kong to continue spreading the word of God.

Here's our Bug.  Our new meal is Hong Kong and we are SO EXCITED to see what God has planned.

Jeremiah 29:11-13 says "¹¹ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. ¹² Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. ¹³ You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."

So here's my blog.  I will be chronocaling our ministry in the next 6 months in parker, and then sharing our experiences as we make this life changing move!  Please ask questions, I would love to answer them and have you join in our journey with us!

Be Blessed

Taylor