A New Direction

     Full-time ministry, here we come! That's right friend, God has given us a new direction! YAY! Being in full-time ministry is what Scot and I have both wanted to do, even before we were married, and now God has given us the opportunity to be the youth directors at our local church! Thank you Jesus!!!

     We met with a successful business man today who is looking for ministries to support. We shared with him our past ministry experience and our future plans for the youth group at our church, and he has decided we are a worthy cause! We only need to raise a little more financial support to help cover all of our expenses and then we can become our church's full-time youth directors!

     So, now what? Scot and I looked at each other after everything settled down, and realized that everything just changed. We've been somewhat involved in our church's tiny youth group, but being full-time youth directors is a whole new responsibility. So what do we do first? Time to start brainstorming.

     Our existing youth group only meets once a month and we only have about 3-4 teens that consistently attend our church. We are basically going to be building our youth ministry from scratch, so we definitely have a lot of brainstorming to do :)

     I'm somewhat of a realist, or some may even label me a pessimist :) I know that the road ahead of us will be a bumpy road, complete with obstacles and discouragement. After all, we know the devil doesn't like us doing God's work. So in light of this new path that we are about to venture forth upon, I have decided to make a vow:

I, Karisia Hoskins, vow to persevere when the going gets tough,
To meet failure with optimism,
To face discouragement with resolve,
To be supportive of Scot and submissive to his leadership.
And when I feel like giving up,
I vow to remember that God called me to serve Him,
and He is pleased with my service not my success.

     Thank you all who prayed for us. Please continue to pray for us as we contact our past supports, and try to sort out all the details of our new life :-) God is good!