Amanda posted some really great pictures of our trip to Georgia. You should go over and see them after you read this post. heheh!

I was adding my own personal prayer requests to my Keep in Prayer page, and it just turned into a post, so here it is. Please pray for us in this area. It is a big decision and is a part of most of our thoughts throughout the day. Anything we do relates to where we will be moving to.

I have felt for a time that we need to move. About four years ago, I really wanted to move to be closer to our family, and Matt flat out did not want to even think about it. He was under a lot of financial stress and dealing with other church and family issues, and it was not the right timing for him, so I determined to not mention it to him again. And I didn’t. He actually brought it up when LucyLillie was about 2 or 3 weeks old. It had been 80′ the week before she was born, and 2 weeks later, there was about 6 inches of snow on the ground. Being a mailman and having been born and raised in New Mexico, he is not a winter-snow kind-a-guy! He started talking about moving, and inside, I was jumping for joy! I had to have him clarify that he was saying he was ready to move. Well, that was over a year ago, and now, I am still jumping for joy at the thought, but sad and perplexed at when, where and how!

We moved here because we had family close and a better paying job. Now, we don’t see our family much, and the job is transferrable. But, now, we love our homestead. But we miss our family in New Mexico. And, Matt hates working in the winter weather, and we HATE the mosquitoes, which do not allow for our children to play outside most of the summer. However, my grandparents are still alive, and they mean a lot to us and our children, but they are 90 minutes away, and we don’t see them much.
We (and I mean me, but I know we all feel this way) want to live closer to my Mom and sister, and Matt’s parents. We would like to be closer to his parents so we can build a closer relationship with them. We do not particularly want to live in New Mexico, but I don’t know if that means we aren’t supposed to. I long to be within walking - or at least driving- distance from my Mom and Sis and my In-laws. we have lived here for 11 years, in this area, and as much as we have learned and become, I count the years away as losses to our family relationships with our parents and Grandma Dixon, who is now waiting for the Lord’s return to be taken up with Him, and we certainly missed out on knowing her for this time.

Now, we have an addition to finish and other things to spruce up on our house, like floors to finish and windows to replace and drywall to repair. The addition is about 80% done, and just waiting on the heating system, the flooring and finish work, a lot of which we can do. Before we went on vacation, I was having a hard time with the prospects of leaving a house we have not yet lived in as finished and one that 3 of our little babies were born in. When we had been at Aunt Barbara’s for a day, God changed my heart. I sat there, looking around, and a thought came to me. We had already visited and stayed at two other friends’ homes. I thought to myself that we can be content elsewhere. Wherever we live, in whatever home, it will be ours. That was a word from the Lord. I had been lamenting for months about leaving. Now I felt peace.

When I came home, I sat in the same spot on the couch where I could see the same view of the barn (that I adore), the mailbox(that we all worked on putting up as a family) and the garden area, and it all looked different than it ever had. I am content with moving. Now, don’t get me wrong, it will take a whole box of tissues to leave this favored homestead, but, I am ready to go when we do.

I look forward to knowing. That is all. I just want to know. That’s me. but, I’ll wait. That’s not me, but the Lord.

When we were traveling, I realized that some people will never make a big move. They may move around their area, but not the 1500 miles we have moved 3 times we have already and the one more we plan to. It is a huge decision. I am trusting in the Lord, and apparently, the time has not yet come for us to know when and where yet. but, I know I don’t want to move without Him and his plan.

If you want to know about that picture of LucyLillie, go over to Amanda’s now and read her post!

blessings!

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