{Pretty}
I haven't taken many pictures this week (more on that in a minute), so I snitched this one from Lizzie.
This little sweetie will be two years old in less than a month. In about three months, she'll be a big sister! People always say grandchildren are a blessing, and you know what? They are absolutely correct!
{Real}
Now we are skipping straight to {real}, the reason being that we are moving!
Moving was not something we had planned to do in 2014. I mean, it was not on our agenda for the year, but events transpired to bring it about. First, Dave's father died in April after a rapidly progressing illness. Then, out of necessity, his mother went to an assisted living facility. On a scale of retirement apartment to full-out nursing home, it falls somewhere in the middle. We explored other options, and this is the one she chose. But we will all be happier if we are close by. So it's off to Missouri where we will be living in her house and keeping an eye on it and her.
It's hard to leave the congregation we have grown to love these past three years. Two congregations, really, as we added Sunday afternoon services at a local retirement home eighteen months ago. We have met some dear people who have enriched our lives, and we will miss them. Our last Sunday is next week, and we will head to Missouri at the end of the month.
Ministry opportunities in our new home are already in the planning stages. It is not possible for my husband to be anywhere and not be spreading the Gospel and caring for peoples' souls. And I'm blessed to be right there beside him, helping and encouraging as I can.
So now we are packing up our worldly possessions, and there are boxes everywhere. We are in the "chaos" stage of moving, which I decidedly don't like but which I know we will be in for awhile yet. Prayers are coveted. :)
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