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Moving to Kentucky or Tennessee. Need advice on moving, safety, connecting with people, etc. I’m a Christian and don’t know many people in the area and I want to connect as soon as possible. I love Yahoo Answers 
AMy son had an accident a little over a year ago. A few months prior I lost my job (restructure-ha!) with state and income started to plunge. Took cut in pay and med. insurance skyrocketed. In Jan. 06 new job was outsourced (Indiana). I work PT but have no insurance and disability denied my son (because of PT income). Waiting word from Shriners-praying they will do needed surgery on him. Meantime, my estranged father lives in Bowling Green and friends live in Louisville. Trying to reconnect with father. Main thing, cost of living is way better down south than in Indiana. I have a degree and a lot of skills and talent and believe God will open a door. My church here is so big and isn’t real supportive-they will give you food and clothes if you need it but spiritual and moral support is not standard esp. with single parents unless looking to find a husband (I’m not-God is my husband). Indiana is not a very friendly or open state (lived here 39 years and it gets worse all of the time).
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May 18, 2010 at 11:54 pm
There is nothing wrong you being a Christian Single Parent, why do you speak such. I am sure you will find great neighbors and company there. Hope you have the blessings of God with you.
May 19, 2010 at 12:31 am
Follow The Leading Of The Lord!…..
May 19, 2010 at 12:45 am
Rent.com or apartmentguide.com, have links to help you get involved into your community.
May 19, 2010 at 12:57 am
If you’re going to church now, ask your current Pastor or church staff for help finding a good church. I’m sure there you’ll meet the nice people willing to help you settle in.
May 19, 2010 at 1:33 am
well if you’re Christian you go to church. Contact your pastor or reverend or whatever you call them, tell them you are moving and would like “to be connected”, I can almost guaran-damn-tee you they will have connections. Stay in the church honey they will likely pay for the move andset you up in a place and have someone watch your kids.
May 19, 2010 at 1:55 am
No advice, but good luck on your move and have a safe and happy trip.
May 19, 2010 at 2:22 am
Of great importance are your children. The school and church you find will make a big impact on them. You have the responsibility to take great care in training your children. Do some research and even visit the areas your thinking of. It is not an easy thing to do but you will find it most very important in the future. You want one day for your children to wake up and call you “blessed” Lots of work-great reward
May 19, 2010 at 2:52 am
Tennessee is in the middle of the Bible Belt. This has become so because most employment is so meager that people have found they could supplement their incomes with a bit of preaching on the side.
“This mule is so stubborn… This sun is so hot… This ground is so rocky… I BELIEVE THE LORD IS CALLING ME TO PREACH!”
Funny as it sounds, you’ll find the Kentuckians and Tennesseans will preach anything that is popular enough to generate some money and they do so off the cuff.
Few have been trained and as a matter of fact, they hide any training they do have because the people want them to preach “in the spirit” of whatever comes to their mind at the moment. (Whatever God lays on them to tell us.)
The people are intelligent but they are fiercely stubborn, ignorant and mighty proud of it! You would be well advised to get your doctrine straight before you move into the south or you may well get “sucked in” to a feel-good fellowship that will take you to your destruction.
As an example, most Tennesseans do not pass snakes in church. BUT… They cannot tell you WHY NOT. (It is in the NEW TESTAMENT – last chapter of Mark – and it says you SHALL handle serpents – NOT that you COULD or MIGHT.)
Also, some ‘churches’ have 2 services. The first service is for those who can lose their salvation if they commit particular sins. The second service are for those (often in the same family) who believe they are saved and sealed by the blood of Jesus. In the past hundred years, these little congregations haven’t been able to determine the truth about this very basic concept of Christianity.
Their attitude is that you just do whatever seems right to you and it isn’t important as long as you attend church someplace. ACTUALLY, salvation is the most important thing we have! Get this wrong and you won’t be meeting your maker! You can disagree about if there is a rapture without dire consequences, but you’d better know what it takes to be saved and what determines your salvation afterward! THESE are BASIC and they aren’t up for debate or preferences.
Johnny
May 19, 2010 at 3:40 am
Talk to your Pastor, he will know people in most places and they can help you get located The answer above mine is exactly why you should have your Pastor help. Pastors know or can find out about these things. Then there should be other Mothers in the Church that can help you get settled in.
May 19, 2010 at 4:36 am
Be very cautious and take your time in finding the right church home, don’t rush things. Let God lead you, pray earnestly. Check out the city using the internet, find a bible based church, check with the pastor for housing areas, neighborhoods and contacts. Also check with your current church for advice, if you don’t have one, start with the new area, and put down some real roots, for the kids. They really need stability, over and above everything else, they need you and the Lord, and for you to be consistent.
Why Kentucky or Tennessee? Do you have job possibilities there, support?
Love and blessings to you!
May 19, 2010 at 4:39 am
i am also a single mother. i moved to tennessee a few years ago with nothing. i found a nazarene church even though i am a southern baptist. they made me feel at home. they helped me settle in and find a job. i don’t know how i would have made it without their generosity. by the way, the church is located in monterey tn, just outside of cookeville on I 40. exit 300. if you are near that area, you should check it out. otherwise good luck. the people i have met around there have always had good hearts and i don’t think you will have a problem. trust in God. let Him do the work for you.