Changes...as usual

Life is always changing...isn't it? Sometimes it is refreshing and sometimes it can just put you in a funk.

We have some potentialy good changes going on around here. With change always comes stress for me. I take on too much...I always have...try to fix problems we haven't even reached yet, while trying to make everyone happy. Not a good combination.

Back in March we were trying to move to Indianapolis...we had almost everything set in motion when my company backed out and decided they didn't want to give me a store of my own and wanted to start me at basic Asst Manager pay....uhm....not cool. SO Jamie and I were getting hesitant about it all...down to the last minute when we decided to stay here, have Justice, and figure out what to do from there. We were ok with it. God didn't give us an open door so we took another one.

We moved into the condo and have loved it here. We have been pretty content...knowing we are where God put us. BUT it has been hard. The cost of living out here is just so pricey. We have applied for every kind of assistance in hopes of "making" it because we are tired of asking people for help. In our minds though, there was no hope of getting out. Because in order to move...you need a place to live, money to move, and a job.

Well this last time we were in Peru it was super hard to leave. Seeing small town living again, being around family and friends who are in the same part of life as us, and seeing gas prices and cost of living being so much lower. We were honestly jealous. We want that lifestyle again and we need it. Being broke was different when it was just Jamie and I but now there are two little ones who need food and shelter.

As a joke Jamie put "taking up funds to move back to Peru" on his facebook status, and through it came an unexpected response. My parents told me that they were willing to help us move back and they would pay for our uhaul. We started praying and thinking about it....and came to the conclusion, maybe God was working on our heart and preparing us back in March. And maybe he wanted to direct us a little more North than Indy.

We decided to follow through some more with this and see where God took us. He has opened the door a little so....we decided to keep going.

That brings us to present. Jamie has a job interview on Tuesday with a company and gal that he has already worked with, who expressed how much she needed someone who knew what they were doing. SO. We are praying. If God opens the door to this job, we feel we can't miss out on that oppurtunity. Being paid the same he is now, paying half the rent, and simpler living.

Please pray for us as we wait on God and that we make the right decision even if it is hard.