We're Moving to Washington D.C.!

That's right! We will be moving to Washington D.C. on January 1. Ryan got accepted to an internship at Capitol Hill Baptist Church (Mark Dever’s church) for the spring and will be one of six men in this pastoral internship program. He will be able to get an up-close look at what a healthy, biblical church looks like and will gain a better understanding of what it will mean to one day shepherd his own flock according to Scripture. For a more detailed description of the internship program, click here.

God has so clearly been orchestrating the details of all of it. Ryan applied for the internship a few weeks ago on a Wednesday (after being told it was virtually impossible for him to get in so last minute) and got accepted on that Friday. I talked to my current boss on the following Monday and had a new job lined up in D.C. by Wednesday—praise the Lord! I sent in my applications for optometry licensing in D.C. and Virginia, so now we’re just praying that God would provide someone to rent our house in Louisville while we’re gone. The church provides housing and a monthly stipend, so it should be a great opportunity to pay off student loans. :) We’ll be living right by the church, so about 5 or 6 blocks from the Capitol. We’re really excited about it.

Lord willing, we'll return to Louisville in June, and Ryan will start his PhD in Systematic Theology in the fall. Praise the Lord that He is sovereign and good to his children!