To summarize our current life, JJ was given an unexpected offer to PCS to Kayenta, Arizona to serve in the health clinic here in mid-July. We had only recently announced that we would be staying in Portsmouth, VA for another 3-4 years and I had begun settling in-changing my mindset to a more permanent view of our location.
The change of plans was heartbreaking, as we had, for the first time in 4 years, started to feel at home. We were enjoying wonderful friendships in our neighborhood and beyond. I had a place in the Portsmouth Farmers Market, which was growing, and we were finally involved in a co-op for homeschool group that we were all very excited about. Isaak was excelling in karate and piano, the girls were enjoying dance, and a routine was falling into place...
The trouble was that JJ's career path was leading too quickly to a job he couldn't see himself enjoying for the next 17 years. His heart was in therapy and he was already entering the world of administration-it's difficult to backtrack after that. We also felt that God was opening a door we were supposed to enter-a difficult and scary door, but He wasn't closing it and so we entered it. Within 2 months we were on our way, driving cross country to a place we had never seen, with faith that this was where we were supposed to go, and it would be ok.
We went from this...
....to this.
I'm not going to lie. It's hard to cut your space in half. Especially when you have more than enough stuff to fill a house twice this size.
(Yes, that's the moving truck...parked in front of our house...filled with our stuff)
I am learning to overlook the crowded house, as there are more opportunities to enjoy wide open spaces like this....
and this.
It really is beautiful out here. I had no idea. I have always vowed never to live in the southwest. I suppose I should be concerned about what else I may have vowed never to do...
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