So, here we are, moved out and moved in... feeling like we are on our way, but not moving... I guess it's like when you go on a trip and you're at the airport but not on the plane yet?  We feel like that.  We are super excited about what God has for us and where we are going, but are feeling a bit apprehensive about the flight, about the journey, and how our little family will adjust to all the changes that are in process... We said goodbye to most of our friends and family in Houston, and now, are trying to find a new normal.  It isn't so much a new place because we are living in my father and step-mother's house which we have visited many times over the last ten years,  but it is a new situation.  We are so very grateful for their hospitality, but I think Lily said it perfectly the other day when she said, "I keep having to remind myself that we are not going home."  So, we are adjusting.

We have lots to do to prepare ourselves physically, emotionally, spiritually, and financially for our journey that is set to begin in January.  But even before that, we have lots to do now... we must finish the Summer.  Coming next on the agenda?  Our family reunion in Arkansas. Lily will miss it this year because she will be on a short term mission trip to Glorietta, New Mexico.  She will be with her Gran and Papa and people from their church at First Baptist Crosby, so I know she will be alright.  We have taught her through the years that as a family, we are missionaries, and that not just her parents.  So, I am so proud that she has chosen to go and be a servant in this way.  They will be going, as I understand it, to babysit missionary kids.  A missionary kid taking care of missionary kids?  Sounds like a perfect fit to me.

Please pray for us all as we go through these adjustments, for safety through our travels, and for God's continued provision for our family.  We have left the comforts of a regular paycheck to step into the realm of missionary financial living, which means we don't know when money will come in; but God is faithful and has never let us go hungry before.  We must trust Him.  Please pray that He will give us wisdom in our financial support raising.

Thank you for spending these few minutes reading up on us.

Missing friends already...

Alisha