This morning we went to the club that Uncle Tony is a part of - he flies radio control airplanes as a hobby. We got to see him do some neat tricks. And of course, the wind picked up while we were there. One plane got stuck in the trees, but was retrieved! This afternoon Emily and I got to do some shopping together and then I helped her with a project for school. It was nice to spend some time together just the two of us.
Friday I had the opportunity to talk on the phone to my friend during my commute to pick up the kids. It was the first time I was able to talk to a friend from home since the week before. I really was amazed at how this lifted me up yet really made me sad at the same time. I have been a little 'off' this weekend and I just wonder if it is beginning to sink in a bit. Bible study in Evansville started up yesterday. An event I really wanted to take Emily to on Friday took place in Evansville. I can't ride to Monday Bible study with my neighbor anymore, or eat lunch with my buddies on Tuesdays. It's coming out as shortness with the kids and Jeff...they just can't do anything right right now :( I am sad and probably need a good cry.
I also have realized that I really don't feel as though we have actually moved. We are in a holding pattern (just like a plane- a maneuver designed to delay an aircraft already in flight while keeping it within a specified airspace.) And we will not land and reach our destination until we move in in the beginning of November. Holding patterns aren't exactly comfortable and all you want to do is land and get on with life. So...I hope that I can use this time to it's fullest instead of looking to just pass the time quickly so we can land and go about our life. This IS my life, even in the holding pattern. We spend so much time just wanting to get to that next point. It will come soon enough. And God probably has something to teach me right now while I am holding.
And, since I have realized that I don't think it is going to be really real until November when we move in and start establishing our routines, I have decided to wait and look at taking the study on "After the Boxes are Unpacked" in January. I think it will be so much more applicable then vs. now. So, I will be starting the Jonah study at the ginormous church starting on September 13.
I am not sure what else to say. I need this right now, so I will share:
“We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”~Joseph Campbell Now, a better way to say it: "Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails." Prov 19:21 "For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11
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