so i'm moving in about 9.5 hours....moving to a state that i've never been to before; a state that's the punchline in a gazillion jokes.....what in the world is my family thinking??
i don't think we were thinking....fortunately HE always is....
lately i've started getting excited (guiltily so) about leaving this comfortable life in MI...i mean, i'm connected here...i have friends that make and serve my fav mocha, cut my hair, slip me free cinnamon twists, and hook me up with any schwann's food i could ask for....i seem to know every back road and alternate route in this county and know where the police usually sit and where they don't...i have a church family that has seen me grow up from an awkward 5th grader to, well, a slightly-less awkward college kid; and they care about me and know what i'm capable of and what they can count on me for....i can't go into walmart without seeing at least one person that i know.....this is where my grandparents and my parents grew up and i'm related to seriously half the county (the amish half anyways) :P
and in 9.5 hours, i'm leaving it all and going to city in Northern West Virginia to start a new life...true, i'll be back in MI occasionally, but it's almost as if i don't belong here anymore...i love the people that i know, and i love seeing them...but lately i've been feeling misplaced...almost as if i need to go somewhere else and do something different
i'm excited about what God has planned for my fam in one of the biggest hick states in America...True, i'm nervous about finding a job and a church that i can be used in; i'm slightly terrified of having to navigate and drive in a new city that has bizarre narrow roads, hardly any street signs, and more traffic than i'm used to (i've heard accounts from my parents....ack, i hope i don't crash and die); and i'm more than adament about not acquiring a certain accent that people associate with that part of the country...but mostly i'm excited that God is re-locating us and letting the Wickey's strike again....we all have talents and strengths and i just know that a church in Morgantown has a place for us to use those talents again
(sigh) so to those whom i'm leaving in MI....i'm going to miss you, BUT be excited for me and keep my family and myself in your prayers....granted, we've done this 3 times before, but i have a feeling this move is going to be a little different....however, God is moving us there, so i'm trusting that He'll take care of all the little particulars....The end
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