As a kid I LOVED ANIMALS!
Every animal…..there were a few that I held an even deeper fondness for, are you ready for this?
Whales
Dolphins
Frogs
Turtles
Lizards
Koalas
Pandas
Moneys (specifically Chimpanzees)
I still have a major dream to swim with Dolphins. I loved the series Voyage of the Mimi! I wanted to be a Marine Biologist! I loved Biology…..and science in general. My interest was made even deeper by a trip to inner harbor Maryland! AMAZING! That’s where I met Taz in my first Dolphin show! (Yes I had just completed 7th or 8th grade and I can still remember the dolphins name but not what year of school I had finished!)
But until in college had never been to a zoo! My now hubby took me to my first one! And on our honey moon we went to 6!!!!
I am simply amazed by God’s creation!
I have been to major zoos all over the east coast, you could say it’s kind of a hobby! But at some point (not really sure when exactly) but God changed my heart from working with animals to working with people. I know exactly when I wanted to be a pastors wife, but that took 2 1/2 years of college! Truth be told that’s when I said yes to God, but I had really been wrestling with it for almost 5 1/2 years. It started with a love for serving…I did everything. I laugh at what I did as a teenager, if I was asked I did it!
Then came a missions oppertunity. I had never ever left the country before…..and this, this was huge! I so desperately wanted to be a missionary and I did for 6 AMAZING weeks! And then I came home and suffered what is called reverse culture shock. Add culture shock as I moved into a girls dorm 10 days later ( I was a Tom boy!). I just wanted to go back AND FAST!
But that’s not what God had planned! He closed doors to return! I was very sad! Then came a really awesome inner city kids ministry! This country girl felt strangely at home. I attached myself to youth ministry,. But that slowly morphed, though it is still a favorite that wasn’t what God wanted. Then came along this guy, now I’m not one of those girls who said sure I will be a pastors wife BECAUSE. You are going to be a pastor. God brought us together both not wanting to be in a pastoral position, but both of us, yielding to God’s plan for our lives. And then through our friendship God brought us to a place of wanting to serve Him in Pastoral ministry. Though it took me a little longer because when I figured out that my friend was “the one” I ran. I tried to get my roommate interested in him…..I didn’t want to get hurt again!
But you can’t get very far when God is holding the back of your shirt! AND ta-Da here I am….Pastor’s wife!
