The Next Chapter...

Heading into the "snow belt"....Indiana here we come!

This was actually on one of our visits to South Bend. 

We quickly learned how weather can change and what they mean by this area being called the snow belt!  

 The Evangelical Covenant Church of South Bend

The parsonage... our new home!

Many of you have been asking what is going on in the lives of the Cooper family, so I guess it is officially time for an update! 

This past summer was our first set of changes.  Ryan took a full time job downtown as the CRM Manager for Preferred Hotel Groups.  This job allowed Sunni to become a stay-at-home Mom.  These changes meant a lot of goodbyes.  We all said goodbye to our church family of the past six years, Hope Covenant Church.  We also said goodbye to our Oakdale Christian Academy family as Sunni left teaching after being there for six years.  There were a lot of transitions, but we really felt like this is where we were supposed to be for the next couple of years, but God had other plans for our lives!  

A few months ago, Ryan got a call from the Covenant Church in South Bend, Indiana.  It has been amazing to watch as God has worked out all of the details.  We have both felt like this was a good fit from the beginning. It just seemed like everything was falling into place.  We spent a wonderful weekend candidating and the following week the church voted.  Well, actually they voted Ben in and decided Ryan and I get to come along!  So, the first week of March we packed up and moved to South Bend!  Ryan is excited to be working in the local church as their pastor!   Sunni and Ben are busy unpacking boxes and making the parsonage our new home.  

We are in the process of finalizing the sale of our home in Lockport.  We are currently living in a home the church owns.  What a blessing it was to have a place to move into, while we sold our home.  We will be here for a while as we get to know the area.  It is nice to be close to the church for now!  Ryan went from a hour and a half commute to literally walking across the parking lot!  Ben and Mommy really enjoy seeing him more!