Have you ever had periods of time in your life where so much is going on when you go to pray or journal or blog you don’t know where to start? Yeah, that has been me over the past couple of days. We have solidified the condo we are going to live in and we are planning on leaving for California September 11th and arriving out there either the 14th or 15th. In the midst of that we are getting rid of a bunch of stuff so we don’t get there and turn the condo into a giant box closet with our stuff. It is hard to let stuff go isn’t it? But it has been a good process for us to get rid of many of the things we have just had sitting around. We are really trying to simplify our lives across the board as much as possible and this move presents us with a great opportunity to make that happen.
It has also be so encouraging to hear from so many people here about the difference we have made in their lives and in the lives of their children. With how things have been spun here is would have been very easy for me to doubt myself and to think that I had done a poor job. And while I am certainly not perfect, it has been great to see that I have done a great job at connecting to students in relationship. Parents have been saying things to me like, “My son has talked about God more and been open with me about his spiritual life more than I have ever heard before, thank you so much!” That stuff has been doing my heart so well.
I have even caught wind of some people who are wanting to throw us a going away party. I will probably just cry, and that doesn’t really ever happen. But I have never had something like that, and I certainly didn’t expect it as I was the one moving on from this place. What a blessing that would be for my family and myself to be cared for like that. Especially as we struggled in our time here know whether or not people really cared at all about what we were doing.
Anyways, our dive in to the arms of God’s will continues and the speed of life has definitely picked up. My last day is August 29th because I am taking my last two vacation days the 30th and 31st and we are going to go up and be with my parents in Canton, Oh. The one big worry I have to keep giving over to God is about what I will be doing as we get to California. But my wife and I have already been celebrating the blessings of God and having faith in his providence as he continues to provide and open doors as we move in faith in this big step. We are expectant to what he has in store for us. More than anything I have been challenged to stop doubting God and his good will for me in the midst of this process. Often I gage life and its steps through the eyes of my own power, but living in the midst of God’s power is and will continue to be very challenging and exciting.
