#LifeStory [ 9 ] The Lord led our hearts from Missouri to Kentucky, so when our first year of teaching ended, we packed our belongings and moved to Kentucky. We spent the summer with Elyssa's parents as we prayed and asked God to open doors in the direction He wanted us to go. He answered our prayers by providing us both with teaching jobs in the same school district, Murray Independent Schools, in Murray, KY.
The teaching job I landed at Murray High School was part time Technology Education and part time Information Technology (IT). I had no training in IT, so the district sent me to Lexington, KY, for two weeks to be trained in how to teach IT using the Cisco Networking Academy. I had to take two, 4 hour college courses in two weeks; I basically had to take and pass in two weeks the two courses I would teach. The time in Lexington was a blur, but Elyssa went with me and the Lord helped us through it.
We bought a small house in Murray, and lived there for two years, but our hearts were unsettled. We attended several different churches in the area before making Hardin Baptist our church home for about a year. During this time, I studied the scriptures and felt the Lord's Spirit leading me to be baptized by immersion. I followed the Holy Spirit's prompting and was baptized at Hardin Baptist while attending there.
The teaching job I landed at Murray High School was part time Technology Education and part time Information Technology (IT). I had no training in IT, so the district sent me to Lexington, KY, for two weeks to be trained in how to teach IT using the Cisco Networking Academy. I had to take two, 4 hour college courses in two weeks; I basically had to take and pass in two weeks the two courses I would teach. The time in Lexington was a blur, but Elyssa went with me and the Lord helped us through it.
We bought a small house in Murray, and lived there for two years, but our hearts were unsettled. We attended several different churches in the area before making Hardin Baptist our church home for about a year. During this time, I studied the scriptures and felt the Lord's Spirit leading me to be baptized by immersion. I followed the Holy Spirit's prompting and was baptized at Hardin Baptist while attending there.