Getting Settled

It's been awhile, but finally time for an update on our family. We have been back on the mainland for almost 4 weeks now. Hard to believe, time goes by so quickly. I can't believe the crazy weather here in the northwest. If there's one thing about Hawaii it was the predictable weather. We definitely got lots of rain, but the temp was always pretty predictable, and it was the same year 'round, except in the winter it was maybe in the mid 60s to low 70's whereas the rest of the time it was 70s to 80s. Anyways, so yeah the weather is actually a bit refreshing but I forget that it's the end of may at times and think it's actually winter! This is just weird weather.

Well, we moved into an apartment this past week and it feels so good to have a home. We traveled around visiting friends and family for the first 3 weeks and so this is the first time in about 14 months that we have a home of our own. (we lived with our friends out in Hawaii). God has been blessing us and providing for our needs and it has been wonderful to trust the Lord and see him work the details of bringing us back here and providing this place for us to live.

We have been getting some much needed rest these past couple of weeks. We got a bad stomach flu bug of some sort a couple of weeks ago and it just wiped us out. But it didn't last too long thankfully--I'll spare you the details, but it was the worst sick I've been in too long for me to remember. My husband says that since we've been isolated on an island for the last year we're pretty susceptible to sickness. The boys have already had two cold, one that is still here.

We've already got a home church here too which is a huge blessing. It is such a wonderful fellowship and quite unique to most churches we've been too. God's already used a family in our church to bless us and we just feel really overwhelmed by the goodness of God. We're still not exactly sure all the details of what we'll be doing here we just feel God's blessing on us through all that's happened so far and trust that he'll continue to show us what he has for us in time. My husband is currently looking for a job, so please pray that we'll persevere in faith as we wait on the Lord to provide for us.