Not as we planned and yet just how we wanted

          Without regular internet access the past few months I lost my habit of blogging. It seems like unaware the months have slipped past and it's coming on the final month of this year.

           I've had so many thoughts and ideas to blog about that I'm not sure what to even write now. No use trying to catch up on it all but here's the basic idea.

        We've moved continents this summer. Another country, and culture. A new place, with many new faces and a few familiar ones. Heading back to work as a nurse in just a few days after almost 2 years. It's been a ride.  Nothing has gone just as we planned and I'm so thankful.

        God has a thousand ways to provide for our needs, to lead our lives, and I'm so grateful that He has brought us here just the way He did, even with all the questions and the changes and last minute struggles. I wouldn't want it any other way.

        So Thank You God, You are incredible!

Hope in His Faithfulness

"But this I remember, and so I have hope.  It is because of the Lord’s loving-kindness that we are not destroyed for His loving-pity never ends.  It is new every morning. He is so very faithful.  “The Lord is my share.” says my soul, “so I have hope in Him.”  The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the one who looks for Him.  It is good that one should be quiet and wait for the saving power of the Lord. 

It is good for a man to carry the load while he is young. Let him sit alone and be quiet when God has laid the load on him.  Let him put his mouth in the dust. There may be hope yet."

                       Lamentations 3:21-29

"The eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him,
   on those whose hope is in his unfailing love." 

                                   Psalm 33:18

"You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas."

                           Psalm 65:5

Catch us if you can

The busy summer is quickly blowing away with the chilly autumn winds. Our three weeks of vacation this summer was oh, so essential and how we soaked it up! Time to be together, apart from responsibilities and pressures.

The highlights of this holiday:
Seeing family and friends,
A trip up the coast to Oregon,
Cool evenings sitting in an outdoor hot tub,
Admiring the redwood trees towering overhead,
The crashing waves of the Pacific ocean,
Falling asleep to the sound of the frogs croaking and coyotes howling,
Seeing a bald eagle fly just over head,
Soaking up the California sunshine,
Picking big juicy sun-ripened blackberries,
All the home grown fruit;  pears, grapes, apples, and the list goes on.

Wouldn't mind doing that all over again.
But as holiday time came to an end we had some big changes in our plans. Instead of making our way across Europe to join the British again we found ourselves driving across the US to the State of Michigan where we're now attempting to make our home. The job search is on and the pressure and responsibility is all coming back after such a lovely break. But that's a blessing. An important reminder of our dependence on God and also of His never changing care for us.

A day in the countryside

He landed just in time :)

 

This guy was quite the poser!

Just loving all the fresh veg from our garden!! :-)