Review

As I review our 2012, I honestly don't know where 2 begin. As the year started, we were leaving all we had ever known on a beloved church staff 2 plant a brand new church. Talk about completely out of our comfort zone! Starting from scratch is exciting, but definitely HARD. Every single part of our lives changed....from financies, to living, to the team we would now serve with, to just the simple daily routine. Here we are now with Restoration Church 4 months old & our heads are still spinning. This whole journey is like a roller coaster. But with every thrill or disappointment, our God has NOT let us walk alone (fav song, btw). I'm very relational so it's been fun meeting new people, but I still miss my Dunn family so much. We live in a borrowed RV due to our house not yet selling. Most of the days are great & fun, but as a homemaker, I do long for a house 2 make a home again. We def have made it home n the RV! I do laugh a lot when my husband is dumping the tank and I get excited to take a shower @ my parents so I can shave my legs! I know God's timing is perfect in selling our Dunn home. Not going to say I have not asked Him why a few times! I just trust that His plan is perfect & our needs are being met. I think of all the precious people God has brought to RC. It's so exciting to reach the lost & see them walk with the Savior. Then to join in hand & hand to reach more is simply electrifying! I love the vision God has given my pastor husband. Keeping church simple so we can serve. & love on the community & be the body God has called us to be. This takes a lot of stress out of the picture of so much on the calender & something to do at the church house almost every night. I have seen a huge renewing of not only our marriage, but also our parenting. We have also felt a few bumps in the road too. Our boys have adjusted well to the new normal, but we have also had some challenges w/discipline too! It is a constant learning journey as we take each step. I thank God I don't have to fight to be a certain way on this journey. Just be who He created me to be @ let Him figure out every step. I do get frustrated in some areas of parenting, but I see both boys growing so much spiritually. I just keep begging for wisdom & God gives it every time. I have seen first hand, we have NEVER walked alone on this journey & that makes me keep pushing forward. I love to watch my husband grow as well. Not only has he become a better husband & father, but what a strong, confident, consistent & Holy Spirit led leader. Watching his growth & example points me to my sweet Jesus. This year's walk of faith has grown me & showed me how to continue to get rid of self. God growing me hurts but yet feels good at the same time. I praise God for the last 12 months. I praise him 4 what I understand & what I don't. I praise Him 4 providing our every need. I praise Him for the prayers answered & the ones He has not answered yet. I praise Him 4 the hard times & the easy ones. The new friends & old life long friends. I praise Him for family & those who make us feel like family. I praise Him for taking me completely out of my comfort zone to teach me & to make His name all the more famous. This is not my life. Not my own. It's one thing to say it & another to actually live it. I know all His promises & His holy word will be true for 2013. I'm very excited & anticipating all He will unveil. 2012 has taught me not to question 2013; not to worry about 2013. I am looking forward to see when our home will sell; where our church will progress; my 1st missions trip 2 Uganda alone; and on and on! Love how God has already begun to help us make healthy changes in our family and our church! Bring it on, God! 2013 is Yours! Keep us close to You & Clean so we can make You FaMoUs! Boomboom!