ily, preparing for the next semester of school at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and BAM...the semester's over.After living in Wake Forest, NC. for 2 1/2 years, you would think this surreal feeling--of following the Lord's leading to go back to school to get our Master's in Biblical Counseling--would have worn off by now. Nope! We are still in amazement at this place the Lord brought us to.
As a recap fo
r those of you just joining in our our crazy adventures...We had two great jobs in Charleston, SC., a great church, and family close by that we left to come to Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary because of our passion for marriage and family. Marriages and families are falling apart through divorce, children out of wedlock, and sin ripping trust and unity. What happened to the Christian Church being the salt and light...a holy nation that others see and praise God? God has given us such a desire to see covenant marriages last a lifetime and godly families seek what is most biblical instead of what is most comfortable...or happiest. We have studied these last few years only to have this passion fueled more.
When
we married five years ago (wow!) we were given a great purpose from the Lord...to live to glorify God and seek to reach the lost (a calling all Christian couples have). We are living this adventure called life for our great Creator. We are individual and marriage counselors at our church, North Wake; we are small group leaders; full time students; employees (currently as of today: Dustin is having his last day at SunTrust Bank! and I am the Assistant to the Director of Women's Ministry at the Women's Life Office at Southeastern); we have friends (really!); and we work hard at our marriage. So life is busy.How full time ministry started
After visions of using a farm as a means to help the lost, homeless, and broken, Dustin heard of Convertin
g Hearts Ministries' in a counseling addictions class we took together. He about fell out of his chair (seriously) because
his surprise to learn what God had laid on his heart was right in our backyard...and he could begin serving now. We learned that addiction (consuming sin) is so prevalent in our culture (the world) through pornography, substance abuse, and other idolatry that it is the foremost destroyer of marriages. Our hearts: marriage, teaching, counseling, and the great outdoors. Dustin's heart: carpentry and gardening. K.J.'s heart: women's ministry and writing. So...After only six months of raising support for our first year of ministry with Converting Hearts...the Lord has completely provided and is launching us into full time ministry (For more on how this all happened visit: www.thenallyunit.blogspot.com). Dustin will be working full time as the Director of Operations and Social Enterprise; developing the social enterprise component of the ministry through a farm, carpentry, and other self-sustaining proj
ects used to teach the men biblical lessons through hard work illustrations. He will be a counselor to both men and their families, and teach during weekly Bible studies. I will join Dustin as a counselor for marriages/families and also counsel women, as the Director of Ladies' Ministry. We will teach a marriage and family foundations class and I will be a staff writer for CHM. (If you're looking at that picture to your right, don't worry...we will be more professional when we are working! Well, we'll try!).So much more to say, but I won't. Partly, because you probably already stopped reading and also because I've run out of time again! We look forward to sharing our life with you...the good, the bad, and yes, even the ugly!
Have a joy-filled day!
