Catching up...for lost blogs!

Wow...talk about slacking off. I went to check my blog. Thought it was about 4 weeks ago since I wrote something. Try THREE months. Yikes. Sorry blog world.

This won't be anything spectacular but it will reset the clock. Heck I am not even gonna proof for typos and misspelled words.

Today I sit in pain...with a toothache...waiting to see the dentist this afternoon...not my dentist though, he's on holidays for spring break...but thankfully another dentist friend. I did mention I am in pain though right?

Really my thoughts today are more about the absence of pain and on how God just remains faithful to us.

We have had a very, very eventful couple of months with the selling of our house and purchase of a new one as we relocate to Alberta for our ministry work. The process took forever...we made it painful at times for ourselves...in retrospect though (hindsight is a good thing) it really did all happen in God's timing. We can see the plans He had and how things came together in perfect timing.

The offer we received had a closing date of April 29. Significant because we wanted Erin to work up to very close before we have our ministry trip Eastern Europe...we leave around May 6 for that. One of Erin's has been her work. They have been so wonderful to her and to us. Erin felt bad for having to leave but in God's plan He had someone already part of their work family who is able to join the organization on March 30 and after training with Erin will be able to take on her role.

He looked after all the details...He is the big Kahuna after all. Because of the short time I have been with JV and having to raise support, it made qualifying for a mortgage a little more challenging and a little unconventional. We had some amazing people who worked with us and getting that done was a breeze (in the midst it felt like chaos to me because I am so not used to that).

Our role in all of this has had only a single focus...to seek, trust and follow...we have but in our own strength we also caused ourselves some pain...through it all He has just been so faithful!

Thanks for loving us when we are less than lovable, thanks for your grace which we so do not deserve, thank you for your forgiveness which we need so often...thank you for the empty cross we will celebrate in just a few weeks!

Peace