Lots of decision are being made in our lives right now. Big ones, small ones, life changing ones, minor details, what-ifs. What we know for sure is that when God opened this door in our lives, He knew that we would have many options and choices to make. And the devil thinks he can tug at our hearts to follow a different, easier path, even by throwing Eric's dream job at him at Notre Dame. But with all our hearts, we know God has a different plan. And in the name of JESUS, I know we won't let the devil have any power over us. God has been so faithful, because we have been so faithful. Day by day He is showing us that He is preparing our hearts for Arizona, and preparing Arizona for us.
Officially, Eric starts work on Monday, May 17th... our 2 year anniversary. Never thought we'd be apart for this, especially across the country from each other. But we'll find some way to celebrate, and how amazing these 2 years of marriage have been. Eric flies to Arizona Thursday night May 13th and will get settled in at his dad's cousin's house where he will be for two weeks. Then on Friday, May 27th, Eric will fly home and that Friday we'll start our journey, in a 20 foot U-Haul with my dad, to Arizona. We'll drive over Memorial weekend and hopefully end up in Peoria sometime Sunday. So I'll spend 2 weeks without my husband (which is nothing.. when we first met we knew each other for 10 days then Eric left the country for 3 months!) but I'll be the one home packing and cleaning and getting ready for our new place.
Now... our new place, could be a new apartment or could be a spare bedroom in Eric's family's house. It's his dad's cousin and their family has been so gracious to offer us a place to live until our house sells. So we have to play out the scenarios in our heads... if the house doesn't sell by___ then we'll____.. or if the house sells by___then we'll___. See our decision dilemmas!? Selling the house is a huge prayer request because it determines how long our stuff will or will not be in storage and how long until we are able to move into our own apartment. We have an open house this Sunday which we are preparing for and hopefully going to gain a lot of interest from it!
So there is still lots of packing to do, goodbyes to eventually say. Our weekends are so booked until we leave between birthdays and graduations and get togethers. But we'll make it through day by day, praying for our moving process and for the place we're moving to. Good things are coming... thank you Jesus.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Life Changes
As of today... these are the statements we've heard in the year 2010 that have changed our lives.
"Happy New Year!"
"We're having a baby in August!" -Kelly's sister Tracy and her husband Chris the first week of January
"Surprise, I'm pregnant!" -Kelly to Eric January 16th
"7 weeks along, everything looks great! You'll be due around September 28th." - Kelly's Dr. February 11th
"Eric, something's not right." - Kelly to Eric on vacation in California the first week of March
"Kelly, I have such a peace about whatever happens, either way." - Eric to Kelly in Arizona a few days later.
"I'm sorry, but you are having a miscarriage. The baby stopped developing at 7 weeks." Kelly's Dr. Monday, March 8th, Kelly was 10 weeks along.
"Can we consider moving to Arizona at the end of the year if we don't have the baby in September?" - Kelly to Eric after the appointment.
"They have openings for my job in Phoenix, my manager sent my resume to a manager down there and I have a phone interview Friday." - Eric to Kelly March 10th
"We're putting our house up for sale... we're moving to Arizona!" - Eric and Kelly March 12th
And so the year began... It started out with Kelly's sister telling us she was pregnant and due in August. Kelly found out 2 weeks later that she too was pregnant, and surprised Eric with the news. Our first ultrasound was great, at 7 weeks we got to see our baby and it's little heartbeat. The first week of March we went on vacation with Eric's family to California and Arizona. While there, Kelly had some complications, but we felt such a peace that passes all understanding. When we returned and went to the Dr., our worst fears we confirmed... and Kelly would begin the process of miscarrying that lasted for an entire month before it was all over. Within one week, we found out we would miscarry, Eric looked into branches in Arizona, and would have a phone interview the same week. We put our house up for sale and prayed about where God would have us go. There were two openings in two different cities, one where Eric has extended family, and one an hour away from them. All during this time, Kelly was having a painful miscarriage that ended at the end of March. She is feeling much better now and we have begun the process of healing emotionally. But we know our baby is safe with our Heavenly Father who is providing a much better home than we ever could. We have now discovered that we will be in Peoria, AZ close to Eric's family, and Eric starts work in Arizona May 12th! Talk about a change in our lives! Our home is for sale, hopefully with a buyer coming in soon. We have selected an apartment complex in Arizona to live, the same one we looked at to live in 3 years ago when we were engaged and had a dream of moving to Arizona. And here we are, God has MUCH better timing than we ever could. His plans for us are good and are full of his promises. How great is our God!
This blog was created to keep in touch with our family and friends and share our new adventures with you. This is a huge change in our lives, moving across the country, starting a new life style. We also will be Uncle Eric and Aunt Kelly in August as Tracy and Chris are having a baby boy! We can't wait to see the plans God has for us and to give Him the glory through our adventures!
"Happy New Year!"
"We're having a baby in August!" -Kelly's sister Tracy and her husband Chris the first week of January
"Surprise, I'm pregnant!" -Kelly to Eric January 16th
"7 weeks along, everything looks great! You'll be due around September 28th." - Kelly's Dr. February 11th
"Eric, something's not right." - Kelly to Eric on vacation in California the first week of March
"Kelly, I have such a peace about whatever happens, either way." - Eric to Kelly in Arizona a few days later.
"I'm sorry, but you are having a miscarriage. The baby stopped developing at 7 weeks." Kelly's Dr. Monday, March 8th, Kelly was 10 weeks along.
"Can we consider moving to Arizona at the end of the year if we don't have the baby in September?" - Kelly to Eric after the appointment.
"They have openings for my job in Phoenix, my manager sent my resume to a manager down there and I have a phone interview Friday." - Eric to Kelly March 10th
"We're putting our house up for sale... we're moving to Arizona!" - Eric and Kelly March 12th
And so the year began... It started out with Kelly's sister telling us she was pregnant and due in August. Kelly found out 2 weeks later that she too was pregnant, and surprised Eric with the news. Our first ultrasound was great, at 7 weeks we got to see our baby and it's little heartbeat. The first week of March we went on vacation with Eric's family to California and Arizona. While there, Kelly had some complications, but we felt such a peace that passes all understanding. When we returned and went to the Dr., our worst fears we confirmed... and Kelly would begin the process of miscarrying that lasted for an entire month before it was all over. Within one week, we found out we would miscarry, Eric looked into branches in Arizona, and would have a phone interview the same week. We put our house up for sale and prayed about where God would have us go. There were two openings in two different cities, one where Eric has extended family, and one an hour away from them. All during this time, Kelly was having a painful miscarriage that ended at the end of March. She is feeling much better now and we have begun the process of healing emotionally. But we know our baby is safe with our Heavenly Father who is providing a much better home than we ever could. We have now discovered that we will be in Peoria, AZ close to Eric's family, and Eric starts work in Arizona May 12th! Talk about a change in our lives! Our home is for sale, hopefully with a buyer coming in soon. We have selected an apartment complex in Arizona to live, the same one we looked at to live in 3 years ago when we were engaged and had a dream of moving to Arizona. And here we are, God has MUCH better timing than we ever could. His plans for us are good and are full of his promises. How great is our God!
This blog was created to keep in touch with our family and friends and share our new adventures with you. This is a huge change in our lives, moving across the country, starting a new life style. We also will be Uncle Eric and Aunt Kelly in August as Tracy and Chris are having a baby boy! We can't wait to see the plans God has for us and to give Him the glory through our adventures!
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