Heart to Heart

What can I say? There are some mixed emotions at our house in these last months in the USA! It will be soooo nice to be in the same time zone as family! To catch up and get to know some of the new arrivals to our family while we where in the USA. Since I've had a quite a few people asking how I feel about returning, what I will miss etc, I thought that I would put it out here on the blog so that I can tell you all! (note lists are in no particular order)

Will Miss

• The cheap cheap living. I wonder whether I could put Aldi, Costco, CVS and Target in my pocket and take them with me? 
• Couponing - free things, the shops paying me to take stuff home, YES please!
• Munster High School Swimming Pool - WOW I have never seen anything like it. I suppose that would be hard to put in my suitcase, all those gallons and gallons of water! (Munster High School Pool is a state of the art 50m indoor pool!)
• Change of seasons - I really enjoy the change, makes you appreciate each season so much more!
• SNOW - if you have been reading my blog for a while now or following me on FB, no explanations are needed!
• City Living - I actually enjoy the busyness
• Friends made, makes me VERY sad just to think about that!

Won't Miss

• Traffic lights - I wonder how much time I have spent waiting for traffic lights?
• Time difference with NZ - It's a nuisance!
• The concrete jungle
• The very hot temperatures, not a huge heat lover
• Banking system
• Lack of Credit rating
• VERY expensive health costs

Looking forward to

• Seeing family!
• SCHOOL Again no words necessary!
• Mountains - I LOVE mountains, always have even before we moved to NZ. We made lots of visits to Germany in my younger years!
• Being reunited with all my stuff in our container.
• Being a dog owner in the future.
• The future.

Grateful for:

• Being given the opportunity to experience another culture.
• Travel - I LOVE travelling, I know we did most of things very cheap or free but what an experience!
• Being humbled by people's generosity all across the globe and many different forms! (Not just money but also time resources etc)
• Experiencing God's faithfulness, no words necessary! 
• Seeing God work through the people we have met, I feel very privileged!
• Seminary - I actually really enjoyed our time there but realize it is a season of life and so it's nice to 'move' on in a positive way. 
• Sonlight - Our homeschool curriculum, not sure what I would have done without it! I did learn a lot. 
• My GPS! One thing that I can take with me :)

So in light of my post today, what are you grateful for?

How I feel about this...

April 2012 

(photocredit Monique!)

I've had quite a few people ask me how I feel about all of this and how I'm coping with our life change. These questions are fair and I thought I would answer some of these in a bit more details on this blog, where I've got the advantage of thinking before I 'speak' but also to give you a bit of an insight into me :). 

How do I feel about this?

First of all let me start by saying that I don't like 'pat' answers and so you will not get any on this blog. My answers or opinions are exactly that honest and to the point! Secondly I'm not a very emotional person and so can come across sometimes as not being very 'excited'. Now to the real answer ;). I'm a 100% behind Albert and although I don't feel qualified (does anyone?) and the future is a bit daunting, I'm trying to be as the Prov 31:v25b woman who says "she smiles at the future". I'm convinced that God will look after me and give me everything I need. God has already shown me in the last couple of months that NOTHING is impossible with HIM. I rest in that hope. 

How I'm coping?

Well, very well! I try to be organised. (I would like to say that I'm very organised but self discipline is an issue!). I make lots and lots and lots of list (thanks to my Mama who taught me that!). It would really stress me out if everything had to be done at the last minute and so I've tried as much as possible to get everything done with plenty of time to spare. I've been blessed with the girls being at school most of this time (this is NOT a good reason to send kids to school!). This has enabled me to do a lot of errands and organising while still being a mum. 

Am I excited about this new adventure?

YES but one day at a time for me, can't look to next week (or tomorrow) yet without 'worrying' about today! So it's not that I'm not looking forward to our new adventure, just like to have everything organised :). 

Life has gone on with the added challenge of moving so, so far the whole experience has been relatively stress free. The next couple of weeks will be busy but not bad busy, just getting things done busy! 


PS: There is snow, Nutella and cheap banana's in the States, what more could I ask for?