A fast pace

We are running full speed ahead over here and I have had little time for blogging or much else (such as cleaning my apartment). :)

The Lord has been good to us. We are continually learning to rely on Him to work out the details of our lives in His timing. We feel very blessed here. It has been a HUGE transition moving to South Carolina, but we have really felt like God has heard our prayers and provided friendships, a church, a place to live, etc..

We have been through a very testing trial with our house situation and have really struggled financially with the impact of having our house on the market for a full year. Wow! It is so hard to believe. God has been gracious to us and we are currently under contract to sell. Albeit, at a significant loss, but we are grateful again to the Lord. Because we need a significant chunk of money to bring to closing, we have decided to enjoy having just one car for now. We have truly felt that it has been an obstacle at times, but we are learning to not expect any more than that and just thank God for the transportation that He has provided to us at this time and for the ability for Seth to carpool.

That being said, we are, as I write this, working to sell our car and purchase a bigger vehicle to allow a little more freedom and comfort. We have again been blessed with a buyer for our car and a good vehicle to buy. We will be negotiating to buy a vehicle today and may complete the transaction by this evening if all goes well. We feel blessed to be given the opportunity to have a bigger vehicle than our current one before our trip to PA (in 4 days).

We are traveling to PA in 4 days to visit family and then will be back home in time to sign our new lease on our rental house and move in just 6 days after we return from our trip.

Can you tell that I have been busy?

Aidan went to VBS last week and had a great time. I had signed him up for one previously that ended up being pretty far of a drive, and Seth lost his carpool that same week, so Aidan only went 2 days. This time, he went for the full week and had a blast! He has asked to go to another bible school since. Aidan has also been doing the summer reading program at our local library. He gets rewards for a certain amount of hours he is read to. This was something he completely initiated himself and he has been very excited about the prospect of earning a "medal" at the end. He asks us to read to him to help him earn his prizes and has enjoyed putting stickers in his little chart when he accomplishes each segment. We are very proud of him.

Aidan made this crown at VBS

I have started swimming at our local rec center to help with some back problems I was experiencing. It has helped a lot and has been great exercise. Seth and I have talked about running a 5K and then maybe training for a triathlon in the future.

Well, that pretty much sums up what has been going on with us. We are tired from lots of late nights making decisions and running numbers and figuring out what the future is going to look like. It has been very exhausting, but exciting at the same time.

Today we spent some time blowing bubbles and drawing with chalk outside because the pool at our apartment complex has been closed the last 2 days. It was nice to be out in the shade on such a hot day.