WE'RE MOVING... TO CANADA!

It's true! We are moving to the city of Montreal to serve on staff at Renaissance Church. 

This has been a very long road for our little family, but God has finally opened this door for us and we've stepped through it... 

This journey started for us back in July of 2016.  Sam and I were just a couple of months away from saying "I Do" and we were starting to really think and pray about our future.  Some dear friends of ours were preparing to move to Montreal to become the Lead Church Planters at a church in Montreal.  On a hot July afternoon Sam and I started talking about Montreal... starting questioning if God could be calling us there... and most importantly, started to pray.  After several weeks of prayer, something in us knew... we knew that Montreal would one day be our home.  We approached James & Abi about possibly moving there and working with them and this journey we've been on the past 17 months really began.  

We took a vision trip to Montreal in December of 2016.  We figured if we still felt called there after visiting when it was miserably cold, then it was probably true (kidding... kind of).  After our trip, we felt even more strongly that we were meant to call the city of Montreal "home" one day.  We spent the month of January praying & fasting about moving to Montreal... and at the end of it, despite still knowing & believing Montreal would one day be our home, we felt that God was calling us to stay in Springfield for a season.  We didn't know if that season was 6 months or 6 years, but decided to trust God and his timing and chose to stay in Springfield. We never stopped praying about Montreal and when God would call us there, though. 

Looking back, it's now so clear to us why God wanted us in Springfield for a season.  We've lived a lot of life the past year and God has done so much in and through the two of us during this season.  Early Fall of this year, we felt God opening the door to Montreal again and nudging us to walk through it.  After another month of prayer and fasting, we realized the things that were now keeping us in Springfield only had to do with us, our comforts, our fears, and our desires... but Montreal only had to do with one thing... Jesus, and making Him known.  So, we started the process with North American Mission Board to become Church Planting Team Members... a couple months later Sam was offered the position of Next Generation Pastor at Renaissance Church... and now here we are.  

There is so much work to be done before we can go, but we are so thrilled to be on this journey.  Many of you have asked how you can help... and right now, the biggest thing we need is PRAYER! We will have more details soon about other ways you can support us, but for now, PRAY PRAY PRAY! (and maybe purchase AuBuchon Paper Co. products, which can be found HERE)

We're so grateful for all of you and the support & encouragement we've received from you.  It means the world to us. 

Sincerely, 
Sam & Kate AuBuchon

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