back under the big sky

Hello lovely people!
It has been so encouraging to see the Lord at work in our time of “waiting” here in the states. We are in awe of His timing, plans and how He works all for good. ! We’ve just finished our time in Colorado - We were in Georgetown, taking care of our friend Kashia’s two-year-old son Charley (a joy!) and cleaning house while she recovered from a spinal fusion. We stayed with them for five weeks, giving her sufficient time to heal up enough to resume care of Charley. We went from there to Denver, where we enjoyed a wonderful two-week visit with Christy’s brother John and family. It was lovely to soak up time with them, not knowing when we will see them all again. The Lord knows!
From Colorado (knowing we would have to wait a bit longer to fly to N. Ireland) we felt the Lord directing our steps toward Montana, so we booked our tickets and arrived last week! It is a wonderful time to be here as we are able to be involved in some momentous occasions: our friend Melody Brittsan is getting married and we get to help with preparations as well as be here for the big day. One of our favorite couples, Luke and Jacy Dowler, just had a baby girl and we are able to help out while Luke is on tour for a couple weeks. We are also leading worship at Headwaters Church and so delighted to be able to connect with our family in Christ here.
Some divine appointments we are thankful for: Days after accepting our role as outreach coordinators, Joey had a “chance” meeting with a Scottish woman who wishes to lead an outreach to Ireland next summer - we both had goosebumps discussing all the possibilities and the wonderful way God puts the pieces together. Shortly after this, we bumped into a worship leader who wishes to bring his team to Ireland next year (this would include Christy’s brother John as drummer). The same night we met another worship leader who had just returned from N. Ireland and is planning to lead a team there next fall. Coincidence? I don’t think so! :)
Last week God simultaneously put a friend from Montana (whom we haven’t seen or heard from in a couple years) on our hearts. I was across town thinking of writing him while, unknown to me, Christy emailed him to let him know we were in Denver. He wrote back to let us know he and his wife were also in Denver! We had a wonderful visit and time of encouraging prayer with them. Thanks be to God for His nudgings. May we become more aware of all He is doing in all of our everyday lives!

IRELAND UPDATE:
Some exciting news: We have recently confirmed our role as the visiting outreach team coordinators for YWAM Ireland. We are very excited about this as it allows us to work together, placing us in a steady flow of outreach to Ireland. We will be able to network throughout Ireland, assessing the needs and visions of communities and churches and sending/ leading teams to partner with ministries around the island. Some of the other things we will be involved with are worship and hospitality.
Regarding the visas: YWAM has had to reapply for a charity workers visa; the application was put in last week and generally takes 6 weeks to process. We pray we will be granted the go-ahead to return to Northern Ireland on that visa. Please continue to keep this in your prayers!

We would love to hear fromyou!
Love, Joey & Christy