Two oldest kids

These are pics taken by my niece who was in town helping with the kids.

Running Nuts

This is what the next month looks like for our family...its called nuts. May 24th Yard Sale because we don't want to move it and we have stuff worth selling. May 25th, second to last Sunday at Welsh. Packing, more packing and still more packing. May 30th, birthday/moving pool party for Riley at the YMCA pool. May 31st lots of packing because some friends, Heather and Sharee, are taking the kids for the day and cooking dinner for us that night. June 1st, last Sunday at the church, with good-bye luncheon. June 2nd, walk through at the new house and get the keys and start the move in. We are going to take a truck and trailer load on this day just to get stuff out of the way. My friend Bob, he is also Riley's principal, is letting us use his enclosed trailer. Then June 3rd is field day at Riley's school. This is a big yearly event. Also, lots more packing. Thursday June 5th back to the house with a truck and trailer and van load of stuff. We will leave the truck there and bring back the trailer with the van. Plus, the cable and internet gets hooked up that day. We will be picking up the U-haul on Friday morning and start some loading, with the bulk of the loading coming on Saturday with help from church people, friends and family. Hopefully we get to Hagerstown around noon and we have some people in H-town to help us unload. We will go to church on Sunday morning and then that afternoon I head out to the ATL for my first week of training. My friend Ryan Strother is taking me to the airport. Hopefully the price of the airfare goes down cause I really don't want to pay what they are asking for the flight. Get back Friday evening the 13th and turn around and head to the Big Easy (New Orleans), will actually be staying in Covington, on Sunday for another week of training. Get back Friday the 20th and then Monday the 23rd I start my work. A guy named Nick who lives in St. Louis will be coming in to help with the first week and trick out my truck with all kinds of cool tools, a compressor, and generator. I will also get my Bumper Man signage on the truck.

We are very thankful for all the details that God has worked out and all the people who have said they would help in different ways. It will be nuts but Michelle and I have been married over eight years and this is the story of our lives...craziness!!! We love it is some ways but definitely look forward to some calmer days in our lives.

After things get settled I will blog about some of my thoughts on what I see God doing through me in terms of ministry and the whole journey to get us to where we are at this point. Keep us in your prayers that we enjoy this time of nuttiness.

Leaving Frostburg

Yesterday I announced to the church that I am resigning and moving to Hagerstown, MD. We had felt God moving us in this direction for some time now. We have been praying and asking God to provide the start-up cost for me to start my own business. We got our answer and now He keeps answering more.

I will be officially known as a Bumperman, here is another website. Our prayer through this whole adventure is asking God how can He use us as a family to minister in a different way. Not necessarily in an official capacity on staff at a church, but living in a community, working in the business world. Allowing us to be more missional in our ministry. Our prayer is that we will be doing more ministry than ever before. I said that God keeps answering prayers, well I got a really nice truck for my business for about $5000 below Bluebook. Here is a pic of the truck.

Also, today we think we found the house we want to rent. It is not official because we have to go through the whole application process. But nobody else is serious about it. Everything is coming in under budget so far, which is awesome.

Please keep Michelle, Riley, Carson, Hudson and myself in your prayers as we head out in this new adventure. My last Sunday at Welsh will be Sunday, June 1st. Please pray for Welsh that God will bless this church and all it does as it moves forward as well.