It’s the most common question I get. Day after day, I hear
it asked and day after day I answer that I don’t know. “Just waiting to see God’s
will,” I say, or something like it. Well, after a couple months of praying,
pondering, and hoping for a new adventure to emerge out of the unknown, we have
an answer.
And the second most popular question in my life these days
is “Why haven’t you updated your blog?”.
So here goes the answer to both.
It’s been a long (but great) few months. We have been able
to travel a bit, visit many friends and family members, and spend time together
as a family. It’s been a little hard at
times, not having much time and space for just the 4 of us as everyone is so
excited we are here that they always want to join in. But that’s been a great
change in our lives, too. For our entire married life we have lived at least a
plane ride away and having friends and family here to enjoy (and babysit!) has
been refreshing and fun!
Which is why we are thankful our next adventure begins in
Texas. Home. Or, rather, what used to be home. I’m not sure where I call home
anymore. Most of my heart is still in Cambodia, and I don’t think that will
ever change. But as a young Army wife staying with my husband at JAG school
years ago, a General’s wife gave me the best advice about moving and the
military that I’ve ever received. She
said “Wherever you are, make it home.” I’ve tried to do that with every move,
whether I’ll be there for 4 months or 4 years.
So “home” will be Sugar Land, TX. Sounds sweet, huh? Haha, that’s from my friend Mari.
Stephen accepted a job at the Attorney General’s office in
downtown Houston and we – this very weekend – will find ourselves in a rental
home in that sweet suburb. Stephen has already started working in the consumer protection
division in a supervisory role and is enjoying it very much. I’d explain more what he does but I’m still trying
to figure it all out.
As for me, well, I’ll be busy. I want to continue
volunteering, homeschooling, and trying to do what I can to help victims of
human trafficking by becoming voice for the voiceless. God has given me some
visions of ways I can help and I plan to follow where He leads. More on that to come. I plan to reopen my photography business, with
a fresh new goal of serving others with the talents He’s given me. More on that
to come, too. I’m thrilled that I’m in a
country where many speak the same language as me. That was the hardest obstacle to overcome in
Cambodia, and I never did overcome it.
Over these past few months, I have learned ways we - as in
YOU and me - can still serve others in need, like my friends in Cambodia, from
right here in America. More on that to
come too.
This weekend is our big move and we will be busy loading,
unloading, unpacking and arranging things. Things we haven’t seen in over 15
months. Even amidst the craziness, you’ll hear from me. I’m participating in a big blog project
Monday, so stay tuned for that exciting update.
If you don’t see it, there’s a theme here... I plan to do
more updating to this blog than I have done this summer. (That's not saying much, I know...sorry about these past months!) I can’t wait to share with you what God has
been showing me over this time.
Thanks
for your prayers as our family’s adventure continues!!
