Our Time at Milestone

It was a few weeks before Christmas in 2010. Brandon and I had been looking for a new church. And honestly, we weren't in a great place, church wise. We were struggling  because we couldn't find a place where we both felt like God wanted us to be. We had visited quite a few churches in the span of about six months, and while we visited some really great churches, we never got the word from the Lord that any of them were where He wanted us.

Then, Milestone. We just happened to attend when they were putting on a Christmas production. I must admit that out of the two of us, I am the cynic. I thought to myself, "yeah, it's pretty, and the people seem friendly enough, but you can't just put on a show at church. You have to give people the gospel." Then Pastor Jeff Little got up and gave a straight up, undiluted gospel message. It was that moment that I looked at Brandon and said, I like it here. He agreed.

We have spent the last three and half years serving, attending, giving, meeting new people, and most importantly encountering the Lord at Milestone. This church has been a tremendous blessing to our family in many ways. I feel like I have grown as a wife and mother in my time there, my husband has learned a lot, and my children have been developed in their desire to know God. We are thankful for Milestone!

Early this year both Brandon and I felt that the Lord was telling us that we were about to make a move. We really prayed about it, we sought the Lord, but here is the catch, we loved our Milestone family. We had made some great friends. But by the start of the summer we both felt like the Lord was pressing us to step down from the positions we were serving in and really spend the summer seeking His direction on where He wanted us planted as a family.

Since that time we have visited several great churches, and we have found one where we feel like the Lord wants us to be for this season in our life.

Several people have asked why we left Milestone, and I just wanted to take the opportunity to explain that the Lord was moving our family in a different direction, and that we are so GRATEFUL for what the Lord has done in our lives through Milestone. It has been a great several years and I am so thankful that the friendships we made there will stand the test of time!