Thanks for stopping by and checking out what God is doing in our lives.

Let me start at our beginning ...

Ah, no, that would take way too long and would probably fill a book. 

Let me summarize.

Family Holiday July 2008
Rayleen and I moved from the Gold Coast to Hervey Bay, Queensland, over 21 years ago as a young married couple, and since then God has taken us through some amazing times on this journey.  Times of joy, times of tragedy, times of just normal day-to-day life that comes with married life and raising a family.
  
Fast forward to now and we are the parents to our 14 year old daughter, Hannah, and 11 year old son, Josh.  And as a family, we're about to embark on another stage of this journey.

But I'm getting ahead of myself.  I need to back track a little.

It was around 5 years ago that Rayleen started to sense that God would be moving us on from Hervey Bay, but not knowing where to and not knowing why.

In the time since, this impression has increased and a couple of years ago God seemed to be indicating that it would be to the Darling Downs area, and this desire has since been growing in my own heart as well.

We've been praying about this potential move over this time and shared this with Steve Sauvageot of Fraser Coast Baptist Church who was our pastor at the time, so he could be praying with us as well.  We've had the opportunity to visit the area a number of times, especially Toowoomba.  After initially hating the place, because we got lost whilst towing a trailer, we have grown to love this beautiful city in the country.

Thanks for your encouragement and prayer support.  Please be praying with us for God's will to continue to unfold in our lives as we seek Him.

In Christ,
Mike Smith

Catch Part 2 of "The Journey So Far" here.