It's been an incredible weekend. It was incredibly overwhelming to pack up all our stuff. It was incredibly tricky to fit it all in our little yellow car! It was incredibly hard to say goodbye to our first home. Our stop through Chattanooga to see our friends Shawn, Sarah, and Gabriel Summey was incredibly enjoyable. Our drive up north was incredibly long. Our hotel in Indianapolis was an incredibly needed stop on the way. And arriving at Corey's family's home was incredibly welcome. So begins our season of transition.

We'll be here until the 16th of October, then it's back to Georgia to help run a training camp. Then back up here for about 10 days to finish up visiting family and friends up north. Then, by one of God's amazing blessings, some friends are taking us to the Bahamas for a vacation/last hoorah. After that we'll pack up our little yellow car again and journey to Texas, hopefully stopping to see some friends and supporters along the way. We'll be in Texas until God has provided (hopefully by the end of the year) and then we're off to Ireland!

 

It's an interesting season we're in. Recently a friend asked me for our address... my response? "Well... we're professionally homeless at the moment." Transitions are good... but they aren't always fun. Being in between things - away from home, but not arriving at the next home for quite some time. The in between has caused me to re-evaluate my definition of home over and over. A place of stuff... a place with routine... a place of comfort. But the truth is that God has not called us to be comfortable... He's called us to leave our place of comfort... to never settle for what feels good right now... but to press on... to strain ahead for more of who God is. Ireland is not our goal... it's a step along the way. Our goal is to become more like Christ and to see more of who God is manifested in the places where we are. One of the most comforting things that happens right now is that Corey grabs me in his arms, looks in my eyes, and says "Honey... my home is where you are. That's all."

 

So this transition time, with all it's struggles, has caused a good revelation: Home is where Corey and I together are seeing God's Kingdom coming, God's will being done... right here, right now, as it is in Heaven. And that makes home a great place to be...