Hebrews 11:8-10
"By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God."
One year ago today we stepped out on a new journey to a place where we knew very little. One year ago today loaded up 5 kids on an airplane across the country to a desert land that seemed so foreign to us. And it was and is such an answer to so, so many years of prayer and waiting, especially on my part.
I haven’t ever really told our story before of how we ended up here, but the four years before we got here were some of the hardest in many ways that we ever faced, and the path that led us here took so long to be clear. But when it was clear, it was crystal clear.
This last year has been the best but hardest year of my entire life. I’ve watched my kids struggle to settle into a new everything. I watched my husband traverse the ups and downs of a new position. We struggled with being homesick. We struggled with the seasons being different. We struggled with everything being different.
But everything was also so very good in so many ways. We fell in love with the mountains. We fell in love with the people, especially some very, very special people from far-away places like Myanmar, Bhutan, and the Congo, who also happen to play soccer. We fell in love with serving Jesus on a whole new level. We also reconnected with some good friends!
I still feel like the verse above reminds me of this place that isn’t quite home, and maybe never will be, but is exactly where we belong, which makes it home in a different way. So thankful for this year and the God who brought us here!
