Unknown

I guess my title is unknown today, because I basically have no idea what I am about to write.  Its been a while, a lot longer than a week : )  The past few weeks have been incredibly full.  We have had about 6 things going on at the same time.  One being that we had our garage sale and have sold half our furniture.  Going to a place half the size of our house, we realized we couldn't take all of our furniture.  Boxes sitting in the attic and garage since my parents passed away have to be organized. The hard thing is, that there is so much old stuff, history, but I cant keep it, i wont have anywhere to put it, so yes i have spent about the past 2 weeks working in the garage sorting through things, deciding what is necessary to keep and what is not. I am so thankful for wonderful friends who have helped me sort through.  Julia found love letters from my great grandparents from 1904 and 1905.  Once the garage is done, than we can start with the normal packing.  We load the truck up June 12, and head out on the 13.  Still don't have a place to go, but I know the Lord has something planned for us.  I heard Joyce Meyer talking on tv about how the Lord called Abraham to go to a place unknown and I thought "That's what is happening with us".  A few days later while visiting with our amazing friends the Halls, they gave us some papers they found from David Wilkerson where he was talking about the same exact thing. Genesis 12 "Leave your country, your people and your fathers household and go to the land I will show you" It went on to say how Hebrews 11:8 says that Abraham was called to go to a place and obeyed and went even though he didn't know where he was going.  That is exactly how I feel.  I know He has said to go, so we will go. Like I heard it explained once "GPS are like God, all you have is the next step, as you follow it, He will give you the next step, and you just trust it will get you to your final destination".  I trust in the Lord!  It reminds me of 6 yrs ago when we moved here.  Adams work would not let him off to come interview, so he had to quit.  We believed this is where the Lord had us to go, so we went a few weeks without a job believing this was it.  We had to be out of our apartment in about a week and a half, and still didnt have a guaranteed place to go.  About a week before we had to be out, we got the call that we got the job here : ) As soon as we do find a place I will let you all know.  So excited for the move, but right now I AM SO EXCITED OUR CD IS ALMOST OUT!!!!! Pre orders at adamandcourtney.org.  God is so faithful.  A dream He birthed in our hearts is now coming to pass.  Ok yall, I can still say yall cuz I still live in tx for 3 more weeks haha.  I don't think I am going to read this over or do spell check so I am sure there will be tons of mistakes : ) I'll check it next time I write a blog, just got to go get my kiddos in bed.  If any new updates happen I will blog and let you know what they are.
Courtney

NO TURNING BACK!

This is the first time I am ever blogging, so forgive me if I don't do it properly lol.  I was telling my neighbor about everything we are getting ready to do, and she seemed so interested in knowing what was going to happen with us that she asked me to keep her informed through emails.  I figured if someone who just met me thought our upcoming journey would be so interesting, that many of you out there may think the same.  So here I am, drinking my caramel frappe from McDonalds, (which is absolutely amazing by the way) ready to share with you what our new journey is.  If I gave all the details today, this would be a pretty long blog, so i will keep it short, and in future blogs fill you in on the details of the past yr and a half.  There is No turning back now, this morning I woke up, brushed my teeth and got ready for church, but I knew today was different, today was The day.  "I've done this before, Saturday, and Wednesday" but today was the day that i knew everyone would know.  Once everyone knows, there is No turning back.  As the song says " No turning back, I've made up my mind, I'm giving all of my life this time. Your love makes it worth it, Your love makes it worth it all." (Kim Walker-Smith)  Some people think we are crazy, (well a lot of people do) haha, but when you know its God, you do it!  So here it is, after 6 yrs. of being the Youth Pastors of Life Church in Katy Tx., we are moving to Ventura, Ca.  Exciting huh?  So the next question people have been asking us has been "so you got a Youth Pastor position there?", and here's the even more exciting part, NO! We are going in Faith trusting God every step of the way.  No job, no house, but we know there is a reason we are supposed to go.  We are leaving our house, family, job, and if you look at it through the eyes of the world, than yes some may call us crazy, but when you know its God, YOU DO IT!  Yes, I must admit, it's a little scary, but just as my husband preached this morning, You keep your eyes focused on Jesus and you can't be shaken, and thats exactly what we plan on doing.  Lord, Your Love makes it worth it all.  I know the Lord called us for a purpose, and I know that though the next year may seem hard and not always make sense, that in 2 yrs we will look back and say " Oh thats what You were doing God" and I am so excited to see what He has in store for us.  So there it is, we are moving to Ventura, California.  Many of you know how we got here, but I know some of you out there don't, so keep checking my upcoming blogs and I will share the story of how we found out we were supposed to go.  By the way, we still need someone to buy or lease our house, so if you are interested just let me know : ) I am going to try to put up a new post at least once a week, maybe more, we will see, but I am pretty sure this is gonna be an interesting blog to follow, full of adventure : ) So did i do ok for my first blog entry?

Courtney Rivera