es oficial

well, i guess that it is official. wade has signed papers and we will be embarking upon a new journey in our life. he only has to pee in a cup and then mail it to the new company's HR office and then it is as good as done. we are very excited and very nervous. it is a great opportunity and the company is very appealing to wade as far as integrity and family-friendliness are involved. i have lived in norman for twenty-eight years and it will be pretty outside my comfort zone to live somewhere else. i was never one who was itching to leave her hometown and see what is out there. there is just something about norman. maybe everyone says that about their hometown, but i doubt it. i hope there is something about fort worth, too. i am really looking forward to having a Whole Foods store nearby. that place is pretty fun. i could spend hours in there (and have). i can really see how God could use this experience to stretch us and grow us, but i hope we survive all the first part of it to even get there! wade will begin oct one and be gone most of oct, then in november he will move in with his folks in arlington, texas while the children and i stay in norman until the Lord wills our house to be sold. i am especially nervous about this aspect of the whole experience, but i think it will be better than five of us trying to live an unknown amount of time in wade's parent's house. it is pretty good size, but there are FIVE of us. that DOUBLES the present body count in their home (wade's cousin jill also lives there). at first we had found a builder and decided to build, but after some wise counsel, we have decided to rent down there until we figure out what part of fort worth we will like to buy or build in. which church, which school, whole foods, supertarget, braums (the only milk our children will drink). hopefully, by next fall we will be moving (AGAIN) into a pretty permanent home (lord willing). so...please pray for us in these ways:

1. survival for the children and me as wade is away f/ us five days a week (patience for me)
2. favor in the house selling arena (if you know anyone who wants to buy a house, send em our way!) the faster we can sell our house, the sooner we can all live together
3. zeal and quick learning for wade as he endeavors to work unto the lord in his new job
4. that we would find a community with the potential for us to serve in and know and be known as we are with our present community

we are thanking God in this time of the unknown for the chance to trust Him without knowing when things will work out nor how, exactly.