Moving

March 15^th at 8:00 AM our family driving a very large moving truck and pulling our car left Sturgis, Michigan and headed west. Three weeks before this we had no clear idea of how we were moving our stuff. The Lord provided for Dawn (Joel’s mother) to move some of her things she had been storing in Michigan to her new home in Colorado. This worked out very well because we were able to drive her items out and use space on the truck (90% of the truck is her "stuff") for the rest of our things as well. We had a wonderful trip! Abigail really enjoyed the “big truck” and sitting right in the middle where both of her parents could be helpful. It was a special time in which our family just enjoyed being together and the excitement of moving. We made it as far as Lincoln, Nebraska our first day, and after a restful night got back on the road. We arrived about 5:30 PM on Saturday in LaGrange Wyoming. That evening we unloaded our boxes from the truck, and we able to attend our church on Sunday morning and connect with friends. Sunday evening we drove down to Colorado and Monday we were able to help unload the truck with Dawn. All the details of this trip went very well and again we thank all of you who helped in packing, moving, and loading. We are grateful to have so many willing hands available to help. Since arriving in Wyoming we have attempted to get settled (the Lord has provided a furnished home that we can stay in, just our family-yeah!) and enjoy lots of time with dear friends in the area. Joel and I spent time this past week in Colorado Springs focusing in on our marriage, while Abigail stayed with her Uncle Brad and Aunt April in Cody, Wyoming. We have been refreshed in many ways and very thankful for the Lord’s continued grace and working on our lives. Due to a late Wyoming storm we are a day late in retrieving our daughter and flying out to Alaska a day latter than planned, so we have had a little bit of adventure on our hands as well!

I keep thinking about something I wrote in January. As I sat and pondered all the details and confusion of the coming months I remember getting overwhelmed and having no choice but to give all that to the Lord, and I want to pause right now and give Him the Glory. He has orchestrated every detail in a way that works out perfectly. (Not always the easiest or most fun in our mind, yet hindsight shows us it was the best) As we look ahead to the next few months I see more busyness and moving around and lots of unknown details. And yes, we are tired; we’d be lying to say otherwise. But we rest in this: We can trust the Lord to be our strength and to work out the unknown details. He is faithful and we rejoice in Him.

Thanks for all the love you’ve shown to our family, we appreciate you!