March 12-14 - Went to Portland to interview at a church (Lake Grove Presbyterian Church) and fell in love with it! Kids stayed at our dear friends, The Fries's house...THANK YOU TIM AND TYFFANY! After our weekend at the church we were so excited to hear back, but knew it would be about 2 weeks to hear about the position. This was the first church in nearly 12 months of looking that we were both totally excited about the job, church, location and people!
March 15-20 - Finished packing our house. Praise God for selling our house!
March 19 - Heard Evie needed to go to Seattle Children's on Monday (March 22) for a endoscope to confirm Celiac Disease (gluten allergy). Also, heard JARED GOT THE JOB IN PORTLAND EARLY!!! Praise God for His amazing timing...selling our house, lining up a job, preparing both of our hearts for a move and MANY, MANY more things that I cannot possibly list right now.
March 21 - Said goodbye to our house in Yakima. It's been a great house and such a joy to be in Yakima for the past 2.5 years. We genuinely thought and hoped that we would spend the next 30 years of our lives in Yakima, but apparently God had other plans for our family. It's been a hard past 12 months, but I'm thankful for the place Jared and I are both in....excited and anxious for our the new ministry ahead of us. Then, drove to Seattle and spent the night in a FUNKY hotel by U of W. The coolest hotel I've ever stayed at, not real kid friendly, but we all made it. :-)
March 22- Spent most of the day at Seattle Children's Hospital for Evie's procedure. Got a confirmation of Celiac and Evie did great. She was scared, but was so brave! Also, saw Dave Matthews in the waiting room of Seattle Children's with his wife and little boy....I guess we all end up places we don't really want to be no matter who you are. Drove down to Portland.
March 23 - Spent the day looking for rental houses in Lake Oswego (Portland). Found a great house for our family. We are so excited to get there and get settled. The house is 1 mile away from the church and about a 3 minute drive/10 minute walk. What a blessing! Thank you God!
March 24 - Jared went to a meeting for his new job in the morning and then we drove to Idaho.
Whew. That's it for now. We are tired and glad to be in one place for a few days! We are planning on heading to Yakima early next week and emptying our storage unit and moving into our new house. Pray for all of us in this transition...we are all ready for stability and a regular schedule again.
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I have been thinking about you SO much! Been thinking about sweet little Evie too. Hope to chat soon...well once you get moved and settled and onto a regular routine. Miss you! Love you! Congrats and Praise God for his provision and answer to prayers! Michele W.
What a crazy whirlwind...So glad you found a new home so close to the fabric depot. ;) Hope to see you when you're back in town next week!
Hey so does that mean the whirlwind tour is over?? Or are you still planning the big trip? And I hope you are here Sunday and I get to see you when you are!
Christi, I am SO excited for you guys!! What a great new chapter, and how cool to live and minister in Lake Oswego---great location!! It seems like a great place for you guys. I love how it has all fallen into place for your family so rapidly (the house selling, new job, etc.) and that you are both excited about it---with certainty in your hearts/clear direction from the Lord! Awesome!
Praise God!!
Keep blogging; keep us "out of town" folks in on how things are going! :0)
God bless!
Linda
Whew, that IS a crazy whirlwind! So glad you have found a place and that you will be able have things settle down a bit!
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