In Christ Alone our Hope is Found

So we are here. As in here in Grand Rapids. We have been here for about 76 hours. We are getting settled rather quickly. My livingrooom, diningroom, and kitchen are pretty much tidy and settled.Our bedrooms are only half settled and the garage and and downstairs look like a bomb went off! (o; I will sacrifice areas that I don't need to look at for tidy in our living areas. I have to say one more thing before I tell my story. Ken and I have never felt more at home in a house so quickly in all our life. We walk around in here like this house was made for us. This house is naturally homey and comfy. When you add our furniture and people it is just so delightful. Seriously.  OK. It all started Wednesday with getting the truck. Ken and I left at 10:30ish for Port Huron. We got a 26 footer. That night all the brothers, some of the sisters and many of the kids, came over to load. It didn't go so well from my perspective. I maybe wasn't as ready as I should have been...

It's been a long 2 days, filled with an over flowing truck, laughter, decisions on what to take and what not to take, frustration, a trailer rentedl to pull behind the van, MESS, list making, house signing away, family pulling together selflessly to help, tears, toothaches, kids having fun with their cousins and many more things that I am too tried to think of. I am disconnecting my internet tonight and we are leaving first thing in the morning. I am not sure when I will have internet again, but next time I blog I will be in Michigan.... Craziness and beautiful all smashed together in one.

Can you please pray for my kids, especially Josh and Micah? They are really hurting. Josh doesn't show it  much, and Micah doesn't share either, but Micah's red rimmed eyes are very telling..  This is so hard for them. They are experiencing lots of last things. Tonight is Micah's last baseball game. Josh had his last sleep over with the kids from our homeschooling group last night. They threw a big good bye party for him. It is a great group of kids that Josh will really miss. Nad is sad that her good friend Mia is on holidays, so she couldn't have one more sleep over. I told her that Mel and the girls will come for a giant sleep over after we have moved. Yes Mel? Siah announced he is "act-u-ally excited to move". His cousin and good friend Keagan is coming over on Thursday. He got to play with Trent on Sunday. So he is all good. I was prepared to explain that Keagan and Trent will come to visit just like Mia will and we will come here to visit ...

I know I already wrote a post today (If you haven't read it, will you? Lucy's family needs some prayer), but I need to just chat this out. Around supper time I got an email from Micah's Doc saying that his scan was clear. Those spots in his abdomen and lungs are unchanged. That is great news and we are so thankful. They have been unchanged for a long time, so we confident that they are just scar tissue or something else harmless. Than k you Lord!! I have just been wondering around my house, amid the mess of packing for moving and packing for camping. I can't really seem to get anything done. There is so much swirling in my mind. I am overwhelmed with joy. There was a part of me that was expecting him to be healthy. I was at peace, knowing that God was leading us to go and a healthy Micah is part of God putting all of the pieces together.    Micah has not had cancer for 2 years and 4 months. That is such a long time. It is more that we could have imagined. I ha...

Saturday was our last day of cleaning the church. Hurray. I was so excited the morning of. I had one hour to go. It wasn't until later in the day that I was actually finished. I found myself walking really slowly as I finished up and was locking the doors. I brought our keys over to Ben and Heather and it was done. Wow. Those 9 years went really quickly.  We started cleaning about 4 months after we moved to this house. Josh had just turned 5. Micah was 18 months and I was almost expecting my Naddie girl.  I loved this job when I started. It gave me new purpose. I worked every day at church then. That place was SPOT-LESS. No really, every single corner and window was done every week. I am pretty sure it actually sparkled! (o; The kids loved going then already, it was a playground for them. I remember for at least a year or two after we started, every time I opened an outside door at church, while were cleaning,  Micah would run out. I can't count the times I would have...

Today and yesterday were big days. First today. Today was scan day. Micah and I were there for 8:30 and were done by 9:30. That was great. I was very thankful. Micah was at peace and only a struggled a few times to hold his breath long enough. The only thing that went wrong is that I wrecked my credit card by having it in my pocket in the MRI room. I remembered just as I walked to the table. But the strip was stripped as soon as I walked in. I can handle that! (O: I did well emotionally too. Tears were close to the surface as we left the hospital, but that is to be expected. I asked our Doc if she could please try to get the results as soon as she can. We are praying it will be within the next couple of days. Yesterday. We traveled to GR yesterday. The ride up was marvelous, although it was a little longer than it should have been. We didn't see the exit for the right interstate. We took the one that went to Detroit instead of Flint, so we had to cut across. It was fine b...