Lane Family Update

2019 started off like any other year. A New Year's Eve party with friends, and then calling it quits early on because my wife and I have kids (only 1 at this point 😉) and we like sleep too much. 10pm is a pretty good time to aim for with a 1 year old. Little did we know God had something up his sleeve for my family... ​

​Never did I think that I would find myself uprooting my family to a new state for a new ministry position. Sure, I assumed one day this would happen, but I wasn’t expecting it to happen so soon out of college. It was 2 years ago this weekend, that Alexis and I moved to Springfield, IL to work at a local church. I was fortunate enough to be offered a position right out of bible college. Literally, I moved over on a Thursday, graduated that Saturday and started Sunday morning. Not too many people are able to do that, and I’m thankful God opened up a door for me to walk right through.

Transitions aren’t easy. They aren’t always fun or exciting, but I am a firm believer that they happen for a reason. When the possibility of my new role made itself aware to me I wasn’t quite sure what to do. Was I excited? Yes. Was I nervous? Absolutely. But I was taking a step of faith to see if God had something else in store for me and my family. Even after the initial phone calls and interviews, it was evident to me that God was calling us elsewhere. It wasn’t that things were going wrong where I was at, I promise you, things were going great and we were doing solid Kingdom work, but I had this underlying feeling that a new season was right around the corner and that a new door was being opened, and that the one I walked through 2 years ago was about to close.

See, Alexis and I were set to have baby number 2 Easter weekend, and the way things were going to end up was that we would have had Avalynn that weekend and had to move immediately after she was born. Thankfully, we had her at the 37 week mark, and praise God that there weren’t any complications with the delivery, and that she is doing great so far! Also, did I mention we had a house to sell as well? ;) That was another thing that caused some serious anxiety for Alexis and myself, but literally as we were packing up our house the last weekend in Springfield, someone made an offer and now were are waiting to close on the sale of our house! (Pray nothing happens between now and then. Thx.)

All of the crazy things, new baby, new job, selling our house, moving to Indiana wouldn’t have been possible without trust in the Lord. I was praying that God would make things extremely clear whether or not to leave a place and people that we cared deeply about, and every step of the way has been one affirmation after another. This last week has been crazy awesome, it is definitely a culture shock. Not only in regards to the differences of Springfield, and Greenwood, but even the church culture is different. Not to say one is better than the other or that one place does it “right” would be a lie. It is just different. Both places care deeply about connecting people with God and with one another, and growing to become more like Christ each and every day.

These last two weekends in Greenwood have been extremely reaffirming to Alexis and myself, and we are excited for what is to come while we are here. Like Abraham, I chose to take a step of faith. A step that would lead me down a path of trusting God while not knowing where the path would lead me. I’m encouraged by the scripture in Hebrews that says, “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for. The promise of things unseen.” I wasn’t sure what was going to happen, people thought we were crazy for moving right after having a baby. Heck, Alexis and I thought we were crazy, but we were trusting in the goodnesses of the Lord and the plan He has for us. I encourage you all to take step of faith this week. Maybe God has been leading you in a direction that you are scared to go down because you are unsure of what is to come. Know that God has you and your life in his hands. He won’t ever forsake you. He’s. Got. This.