Moving To New York – Entry 1

Hi friends, recently my wife Dariel and I spent a week in NYC. Many of you know, I’ve wanted to move there for years now and my lovely wife is ok with that, ha! Pray for her 😉

While the big move is looking like it will actually take place around August-September, I want to start a little series on here just documenting the process from beginning to end as a nice way to keep track of progress and eventually, something fun to look back on.

We’ve been to the city together before however, this time we went with looking around with intentions to discover which neighborhood would be our best fit, which is huge! We spent hours walking around Crown heights,, Williamsburg, Harlem, Inwood, Soho, East Village and more in hopes to find one that fits out budget but, is also safe and clean.

Lately, I’ve been feeling my faith be challenged when it comes to believing God for something like this. Sure, I can pray for healing, etc. and my faith is huge to see something happen (I mean when you see deaf ears open immediately after praying and watch a leg that’s shorter than the other literally grow out before your eyes, it’s easy to expect) but, believing for provision for something you haven’t had to before, it’s challenging.

I know without a doubt we’re called to be in NY, maybe not forever (hello, Italy ;)) but, absolutely for a time. With that, I’m fully convinced God’s provision is more than substantial to get us there. But, actually having a place in a location we truly love? That’s where the hard part comes in.

I mean, our preferable place would be at least $2500-3000 a month for a 1 bedroom, not to mention how hard it is to get an apartment with the 40x the rent ordeal… But, doing what seems impossible is one of God’s favorite things to do and I must say, he does it very well. Money has never been an issue for God and it’s easy to rest knowing he’s got the best intentions in mind for Dariel and I and that he’s so for us so what could be against us?

He knows what our heart desires, what we need, and where he wants us to go, no matter where that is. So, today, and every other day I’m going to live in that place of trust, because that’s where faith is built. So if it’s deep in Brooklyn, way up in Inwood or in the heart of Soho, I don’t want to walk through any door he hasn’t opened for us.

So with that here are some pictures from our first 3 days there,