Ready to Move On

Well, if you have made it through the 'elevator pictures', you now know our little secret. As Matt said, we ARE thankful for the Lord's provision. He chose to give us a job within weeks of Matt looking around while we still HAD a job; a job that is comparable in pay but (hopefully) not in stress; a job that allows Matt to stay in the dairy business but (again, hopefully) will allow him more time at home. This job is focusing on parlor and reproduction management as well as overall cow health for a 2200 cow dairy farm. Yes-that is four digits! They have over 70 employees and so, I believe, the work load will be fairly spread out. I can only hope! :-) They are so big, and SO successful they have had several articles written about them. In fact, if you want to check them out here is of them-for any interested. All is grand-except for one thing. In MY department....

Since Luzerne Farm provided a home for us, in just a few short weeks we will be HOMELESS. We have to find a home-and FAST. The Lord provided this job for us and He certainly wouldn't have forgotten this crucial aspect. But I must be honest. I am STILL freaked out. I mean...we have a SERIOUS time crunch. This move will be right in the middle of the holidays and consequently, we are going to be VERY financially strapped (again) during the worst time of the year to be so. Not to mention I just finished doing this whole deal seven months ago. I am not really ready to go through it again. Oh-and I want to live somewhere that Matt can establish his own routines and pursue his own hobbies (translate:must have garage.) This being so close to collegetown, all apartments have on-street parking and three person housing limits.

Anyway. Big secrets now revealed and yet-no burden is lifted. Please keep our family in prayer in the coming weeks. That we find a home suited for us; that the kids are able to adjust well to all the changes ahead; that in Evergreen farms, Matt has found a job in which he can be both happy at work and happy at home, and that I stay sane through it all!

There is much to be done but I don't want to even think about it until after Thanksgiving. I want to focus only on the good. The blessings that we have been given this year and that this job will bring in the coming. And there is...SO many.