One Year

So here we are in Delaware, it has been 5 months and counting. Why are we here? Every time Jerry and I argue about ending up here he reminds me it was the Lord's will. Can the Lord really be concerned with where I live? Maybe so. Let's go back to April 07, a warm sunny day in Tucson (before the sweltering summer heat). Jerry has just come home from an interview in Delaware with a company we were sure was not going to be a contender in our choice for work. We get into the car to go to dinner and he says, "so what do you think about Delaware?" I guess it was one of the journal moments when you get the rare witness of things to come. I just knew, in that moment, that we were going to Delaware and there was no need to wait for other job offers. So many times I have to remind myself of the feeling I had in the car that day. Moving is not easy. It takes at least a year to find your niche and make friends. It takes months to know where the good places to eat are, and which schools and teachers are the best for your kids. It is lonely because everyone else already has great friends they've known for years, and I've moved 17 times since birth! My best friend in the world is making new friends that seem to fit right into the empty place I left at her house. Why does the Lord care where I live? Hopefully I will see His will in my life and why He has sent me to a place I don't fit in. To my Delaware sisters in the gospel that have reached out to me, thank you from the bottom of my heart, I hope by years end you will all feel like you want to call my a friend. For my friends I left, I understand there is a time for each person in our lives but I hope my time with you never ends, even with so many states between us. I know the Lord loves me and has blessed me with more than I deserve. Only 7 months to go and I will not want to leave Delaware, what a strange cycle.