See you on the other side

We are good to go. Next blog posting will be half way around the world. Can't wait to talk to you then!!My niece, Madison, made this for me. It says, " Fav Aunt Narney" (Narney is what all of my nieces/nephew call me..none of us know why or where they came up with it). So, Lindsey, you can tell Madison that her jewelry making business has made it international!

Hello to all,

Tomorrow is the big day; we are flying to the other side for a while. We are very glad to be at this point. I can't even explain how good out time at home has been: holidays, family meals, board games, card games, apple cider, home-cooking, family breakfasts, lots of laughs, playing horsey & castle & dress-up & holding nieces and a nephew in the big recliner. I have had some of the best conversations with my sister and brother. God has just been so incredible to magnify my time I have had with family (Emily). Yet, as good as our time has been here with our family the final goodbye was incredibly hard. I thought that being married and such that saying goodbye to parents, brothers and sisters ,etc. might make it a bit easier but to be honest I still felt like a little girl leaving home. Through a magnitude of tears, hyperventilating, and really asking myself why I am doing this the Lord continually reminded me: "we go because we love and because we have been loved." As hard as it is to say goodbye to family and friends, I would not trade it; to have a family that supports us and the work the Lord has called us to. We continually pray peace and comfort over our families. I know the Lord will confirm, love, and teach our families. I have been reading through Psalm and a verse that the Lord has impressed upon my heart is Ps.3:5 "I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustains me." I know that days are coming where my salvation has to be enough because nothing else feels sufficient. To know that my marriage is not my fill-all, my family is not my fill-all, only my God and the grace He alone provides is sufficient. We are SOOO excited to get to the field and explore this opportunity the Lord has given to us. We are excited to see how He moves in India, how He moves in our families back home, and how He is reaching the nation of India. I have to often remember that He is already doing what He wants over there...not just because I am going is He moving, but He is already doing it. We are just blessed to be apart of His work.

We hope you keep reading and commenting on our blog because you are apart of this journey too! Thank you for taking the time to catch up on us!

Nick & Em