We're Moving To Utah!

Happy 2020 from the Blair family! As we start the new decade, we are also sharing some big news! We are moving to Utah as missionaries/ church planters! We’ve been working towards this since God revealed His direction for us in May 2019, and will hopefully be packing up our lives to move by May of this year.

Why Utah? Why the sudden move cross-country?

Long story short: ten years ago, we were starry-eyed newlyweds, ready to pack our few belongings, leave Dothan, and head off to seminary. As it turned out, God had a different school in mind. We felt God had plans for us to be sent somewhere for building His Kingdom, but for the time He was leading us to stay, serve, and grow. So we put down roots, invested in ministry here (specifically at Ridgecrest Baptist Church), grew in faith, and grew a family. It's been a good, sweet, fruitful ten years.

After nearly a decade of waiting for God to reveal where He was sending us, He did - Utah. His answer was a bit of a surprise to us. We'd never even been to Utah when He said "Go!" As we soon found out, Utah is the least evangelical state in all of the US. So we booked some flights and flew out to visit Utah. There aren't many evangelical churches to be found, but we saw with our own eyes that God is opening new doors and moving in new ways. We met with many of the church planters and NAMB personnel in the Salt Lake City area, and just about everywhere is desperate for help, especially with leading worship in their church plants. We feel God is leading us to go and partner with a plant, learn the culture and serve however we can. The harvest is white, but the workers are few...and He is calling us to go and be a part of the work He is doing. 

We're so excited to move our family to this new frontier, and begin a new decade by following God's new call for us. It's thrilling to have such a clear word from God, and be sent out for His glory! Still, it doesn't make it easy. In many ways the timing is a little crazy, especially with my mom's diagnosis of late-stage cancer. We also just had our third baby, and only got back in our home a few months ago after hurricane damage. How can we just pack up and move across the country with so much going on? Why would we leave when things are so good with ministry here? We go because life is short. None of us are promised tomorrow. We have today. At any moment Jesus may return and our window to serve Him will close; NOW is the chance to live out His calling. He's called us, and our answer is yes.

There are a lot of things that go into such a big transition, so we are grateful for your prayers. If you would like to know more about missions in Utah, or possibly partnering with ministry there, please reach out to us! We will certainly share more in the coming days.