When our journey as a full-time family on the road began in November of 2012, we didn't know how long we would travel or exactly where we would end up. We have prayed for God to show us His will for our family and over the past few months, He has revealed His plans to us. The past 13 months have been amazing, challenging, fun, crazy, wonderful, exciting, and...well... the list goes on. As a family, we all have learned so much not only about the history and cultures of the United States, but about each other as well. We have experienced the joys of spending quality time with each other, reuniting with family & friends, meeting new people at our NCBP seminars, churches, and RV park campgrounds. We have also experienced some challenges as we adjusted to a very small living space, explored and got lost in new surroundings, had feelings of loneliness as we missed family & friends, and had a few funny mishaps on the road. I would like to say that I never doubted or had a bad attitude along the way, but that would not be completely honest. There were moments that I really struggled and had my doubts. Then, there were the times I just marveled at how God brought all of His plans together for us to experience this amazing journey together as a family. We have grown in so many ways...ways that we didn't even realize that we needed to grown in!
So- as many of you may already know, our new adventure is that we have settled down...permanently! Alan has accepted a position as the Children's Pastor at a wonderful church here in Texas. We have seen God's perfect timing throughout this process, and we are SO thankful! Our new church family has been very welcoming to all of us. We are so excited for our new ministry opportunity!
We decided to find an apartment to call home for awhile to give us time to settle into our new community and get to know the area before we purchase a "sticks and bricks" home. We managed to move and get almost everything settled in time for Christmas. It has been so wonderful!! We also believe that it is time to sell our "home on wheels" as well. So- if you have been following our blog this past year, and we have actually inspired you to do something totally crazy (like sell/donate everything and travel the U.S. in an RV while homeschooling your children)...have we got THE RV for you!!!!!:) Here is a link to the listing for more info/photos:Houston Craigs List
I am working on another post that will summarize some fun facts of our travels...number of states...miles...parks, etc. But- until then, I leave you with some fun pictures of the boys when we first walked into our new apartment home...
We were all SO excited to actually have room to spread out and do "FLOOR ANGELS"!!!!!
A few of the boys even kissed the ground! HA!
Blessings to you and yours!!
Jill and the boys:)
That is so awesome Jill! So excited for your new adventure, although, I was hoping you would get out West. Will you be close to your mom? Your kids are getting so big.
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Kim, Thank you! Yes- we were sad not to make it out west, but we hope to soon someday come out for a visit (driving in our van though!!!) We will be closer to my Mom now, which is great. Blessings to you!!
DeleteOh my goodness. You'll be near Dustin and Caroline! So weird! I would kiss the ground, too, lol. I'm happy for you brave people!
ReplyDeleteThanks Shari!! We are really excited! It is SO neat how God put Dustin and Caroline so close to us...practically in our back yard:) We can't take any credit for that...but we are sure grateful it worked out! Miss you all in St. Louis! Stay warm and safe...especially during this crazy winter storm!
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