All of a sudden it was like I was living in a whirlwind, living every day feeling like two weeks from today, we will be moving to Florida. I had been to the West Coast of Florida one time in my life, and now I was considering raising my family there. Matt had stayed true to his word and had connected Brian with a trucking company in Tampa that offered him a job as a dispatcher with the possibility of an administrator job coming open within the next couple of months. In the meantime, we began using all of our open nights to begin the process of packing boxes.

I can see myself right now sitting at a table in Wendy’s during a lunch date. Was this it? Was this the door that we had been praying for God to open? Was this His plan for us to move down? It certainly alleviated the question of finances and insurance… but there were so many more questions that rose to the surface. Is this the way we wanted to leave Crosswind? Is this how we want to uproot our family and all of the relationships that we had made in Maryland? Was God asking us to move with no support and no clear direction?

So we prayed a very specific prayer… “God, if this is Your open door, then have the trucking company offer Brian the administrator job.” We placed the fleece out there in hopes for a clearly defined answer.

Two weeks later, the trucking company closed their doors for business — for good…  I guess when you ask a specific question, He gives a specific answer.

We were not moving to Florida in two weeks, but we had passed the point of no return… there was no looking back or second-guessing anymore… church planting was in our future!

Jacqueline