8 Months Later

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We just got here.

The thought struck home.  Deep.  

Eight months ago, we had made the big move from Hohenfels, Germany to El Paso, Texas.  Seven and a half months ago, we had settled into our house.  Seven months ago, I started to make friends.  Four months ago, I joined a basketball team that had a heck of a season.  Four months ago, I learned what it meant to step up and be a leader.

A week and a half ago, I found out that we were moving.  And that my dad was deploying.  

The thought stuck home.  Hard.

Not only were we moving and my dad deploying,  but we are moving in 5 1/2 weeks, and my dad is officially deploying in May.  

Boy, does time fly and things change.  I won't say that I am sad to leave El Paso.  The bleak desert can be an awful reminder of how blessed we have been in our previous duty stations.  Germany and Hawaii are heaven compared to this place (in terms of having trees...I love trees).  But I will miss the friends that I have made.  I will miss the relationships that are just getting started. God has taught me so many lessons recently. One that stands out most to me is simply this: to identify myself with Him.  I have been learning that as a Christian, it means that you are a Christ follower.  And I am learning to find peace in remembering what He has done.  And the plans that He has for us.  I have learned to put His Will in front of my own.  

We will soon be in transit back to Kansas City, Missouri!  More adventures are opening up, but I won't forget the relationships that I have formed here, the opportunities that I have experienced and the challenges that I have faced.  

I know it's a slightly over used passage, but it still provides comfort.

"For I know the plans I have for you,declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." - Jeremiah 29:11