January 10th - January 15th
A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but
a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22
We were blessed to have a good dose of
medicine a couple of months ago. The Town of Searcy, Fellowship Bible Church, and most importantly, the friends we have there, simply make our hearts cheerful!
We had the chance to travel to Searcy and
visit with dear friends! It all started when Jeremy realized he had a few extra
days of vacation he could use, or otherwise would lose. We found super cheap
flights ($217 each – round trip)…it doesn’t get much better than that! Laura
and Sean worked around their schedules and opened their doors to us!
We relaxed, ate, worshiped, and soaked
up the fellowship of people we love so much! We love Searcy….and it will
always have a special place in our hearts. If it wasn’t for the 800 miles in
between us and our families, we may have never left!
We made sure to eat at Casa Brava two times! :) We indulged at Mazzios and had a fun night in Little Rock at BoneFish with Laura and Sean! Oh, I even got to enjoy a Pig Pie (and Sean was so kind to request that Laura and I's teas were only 1/10 sweet). Laura and I are both Southern gals, but we don't like our tea too sweet - mainly unsweet with just a touch of sweet, hence the 1/10th!
We had the blessing of worshiping with our family at Fellowship Bible Church. God taught us so much while we were there - we are so thankful! It was during my drive back to South Carolina when moving (with the boxers in the backseat), that somewhere along the 800 mile trek I pondered "Lord, have we done the right thing moving back", "We love our church and friends", "You were using us there" - that it dawned on me that I was returning to SC exactly seven years to the month that I had first left to go to school in Arkansas. I traveled to AR in August 2004 to begin my freshman year at Harding and I traveled back to SC upon moving home in August of 2011. I thought 7 years...once I learned in a Beth Moore study that the number seven represented "completion and perfection". It was then in a quiet, peaceful voice within my spirit, I heard God say - "I've completed and perfected your time in Searcy - I've been preparing you for what is next - just trust me!"
And so here we are, trusting Him each day as he reveals the plans He has for us! We are so thankful for our time in Searcy - it was definitely pivotal to where we are now! (More on that later!!)
Here are a few
of the faces we are so thankful to have spent time with:
Totally wish I had taken more pictures! There were so many other dear friends and sweet faces I wish I would have captured with my camera! Already looking forward to the next time.
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