Tuesday's Update

I’m writing this from my mother-in-law’s house. Today was crazy. Well, this past week has been crazy. I still can’t believe we’re leaving on Thursday. That it’s not a vacation and that we won’t be living in our house again. Tonight, the finality of it all started to sink in. I guess that’s what happens when all of the furniture from your house gets squashed into a Budget rental truck. It’s been difficult for me to pack. Yes, I’m just all around a procrastinator when it comes to packing but I think subconsciously I just kept putting it off because I knew that the more I packed up our stuff the less and less our home would look like home. In my mind, I thought we would be staying the night there tonight and maybe tomorrow night. I don’t know why I thought that because you have to pack up your beds too! Thankfully my family came to the rescue. All of my family came over after work to help load up the truck and pack and they even cleaned up too. I don’t know how it would have gotten accomplished without them. I would still be sitting there with my planner personality trying to fit everything exactly by size into boxes and writing up a list of how to pack it all. Thank the Lord that they came and just started putting everything in boxes and bags and carrying it out. That was the only way that it was gonna get done…by just doing it. So for tonight I just want to say thank you to them. For being my family, for loving me and Isabel and Brian, and for doing whatever they could to help us. I probably shouldn’t type anymore because then I’ll just start thinking about how I’m going to miss them and then I’ll probably start to cry and then I’ll never finish this entry. Besides, tomorrow is a FULL day and I should get my rest since I’m driving 10 hours to Memphis on Thursday!

Part 1: The Apartment

I need to share what all has been happening with our move to Texas. I love sharing these kinds of things because it's all about how faithful God is. He is so so much more faithful that we could imagine and I just love Him for it.

Well, you all know that we planned to move without knowing where to live, how to rent or sell our house, no specific jobs offered, etc. All of it appeared daunting....just like when we first started the adoption process. No one but God could have come up with the money we needed at the perfect time. So, of course, all glory goes to Him for what I'm gonna share with you.

Our Apartment

We had been researching apartments in the southwestern part of Fort Worth, close to the Seminary. They connected us with a lady that would help us search for the right place to live. After lots of researching we made a decision and found an apartment that we thought would fit us perfectly. It's 2 bedrooms with an extra loft bedroom upstairs and additional attic space that can be converted to a little office. It's close to Brian's school, they have a pool and playground, it's next door to a nice park, it's in the right price range, and the bedrooms are a good size. So, Brian called the person that our Apartment P.I. told us to ask for. She wasn't there so he left her a message. Later that day, someone else from the apartments called back. She said they didn't have anything available now that would work for us. She said we could probably get on a waitlist for possible availability in August, but there would be no certainty. Of course, Brian hung up discouraged. We knew we would have to go back to the drawing board and pray again about the right place. That night we just prayed that God would provide what we need. The very next day, Brian received another call. This time it was from the lady that he originally left a message for. She was calling to say that the apartment that we wanted was available as of that day. The people that lived there turned in their notice to leave. She said we were at the top of the list to request it and it was our's if we wanted to start the paperwork. As Brian talked more with her, they both realized they are both believers. She shared that it was actually the Youth Pastor at her church that was living there and moving out because his family wanted to move back to their home state. She said, "I don't know if you're interested in a Youth Pastor position, but when you get here, maybe we could talk about it. I'm on the hiring committee." Craziness. Anyway, so she worked out EVERYTHING perfectly for us and God just gave us so much favor with her. It was amazing.

Tomorrow I'll share about how God has provided for the other steps too!