So Much Going On

I was recently told, "I keep checking the blog, but there is nothing going on in the Adkins home." Well that is far from the truth, there is so much going on there has been no time to write. I'll try to keep things updated better from now on.

Yesterday we resigned from our churches effective the end of June. It was an EXTREMELY hard thing to do. We love the people of Farmer and Ney and in so many ways have been accepted into this community. It will be extremely hard to say good bye and sadly yesterday was just the beginning.

On Friday evening we told our boys (and Maddie too) that we will be moving this summer. We told them how much they will love Kentucky and how exciting it will be, but there were still some tears. It will be hard, but our kids are young and we think they will do well with this move. It was probably harder on me to tell them than them to hear it. I've stopped counting the number of times we moved when I was young. It was hard, but it made me who I am today and so I know a little of what my boys were feeling and hopefully can help them process and adjust.

OK, now you're wondering, what is going on. Well, let me back up.

About a month and a half ago now, Ron was accepted into a Ph.D. program at the London School of Theology, Middlesex University for Historical Theology. LST is in partnership with Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. We prayed and prayed over this acceptance and had close friends praying too. Then a week and a half ago Ron was invited down to Wilmore to interview with the Francis Asubry Society. The mission of FAS is to promote Biblical Holiness through teaching, preaching, evangelizing discipleling and publishing. They exist to proclaim the message of holiness.

Ron was offered a position as a FAS Fellow, which means he would be a representative of FAS through Discipleship to PhD students at Asbury Seminary as well as have some teaching and preaching opportunities.

We believe that the Lord is leading us in this direction and although it is scary we are moving forward in obedient faith.

As a representative of FAS we will need to raise our own financial support. That is very scary for Ron and I. Fund raising is not something we necessarily feel gifted or comfortable with, but we know that God is not calling us to comfort, but to obedience. So we move forward!

We have already begun scheduling banquets, writing letters, looking for a home and much more. Now to begin packing :(

This is a new road for us a new journey and yet we believe that the Lord is leading. Although scary, there is comfort in the fact that we are not alone. We are moving forward in obedient faith and trusting the Lord to lead.