What's Another Change?

In this episode of The Vagabond's Venture, we discover that it's not as easy as you might think to blend a family of four (soon to be five) into a big house of one. We tried, and for the purpose of allowing us to get out here to Missouri - it was successful. And we are eternally grateful to our hostess who has been more than generous to us. But we have found that living together can cause some undue stress (for both her and us). So we have decided to eliminate the problem before the situation gets to be a problem.

Today Rose and I applied for a 3 bedroom apartment closer to the seminary. This move will greatly increase our monthly expenses, but I am hopeful that with my interview yesterday that enough work will come in to allow us to meet these expenses. So after all the unpacking of boxes, it is now time again to begin repacking and trying to figure out how we will get the other necessary items currently housed in West Virginia (like our sofa, dining room table, and the kids' beds) out here. This is definitely not the way we drew the plans up while we were still in PA; however, I do not think that our timing was a mistake. The timing of my coming onto the staff of the church here as worship director was perfect. I believe the Lord had a plan for us to get out here, and start working there before we could find a more appropriate and permanent place for us to live. The timing of our move allowed Rose to apply for and get a job. No the mistake was not in the timing - our "mistake" (if you can really call it that) was thinking that we could stay here in The Promised Land for three years.

The apartment complex we are moving to is nice. It has a clubhouse with an indoor and two outdoor pools. It also has a workout facility and a little "cyber cafe". There is a playground on the far side of the complex for the kids to play at. And the location puts us only about 5-7 minutes from the seminary. We've heard good things about the school district as well.

Needless to say, the Vagabond family will covet your prayers ever the more now as we take another step in faith. Rose and I have a peace about this decision and we believe that things will work out as they should. The Venture is not easy, but the final rewards are out of this world!

On a bright note, I've lost over 10 pounds in the 3 weeks we've been out here. Some of the loss is from stress, but most is from the fact that I'm not snacking like I used to, and I'm eating more sensible portions at meal times. I even make use of my weights and bench every now and again. The most important thing is that I feel better with the weight coming off.