No pictures....lots of words.....

At the core of who I am, I am a list maker. I make lists for this and for that. Now, I don’t always follow through on those lists but dumping the words and ideas out of my brain out on to paper (or in to my laptop) helps me stay sane.

So in October, when I found out we were moving to Texas, my brain began to whirl and would not stop so I wrote list after list after list. There was a list for things to do to the house to get it on the market; a list for which rooms to pack first; one for restaurants I wanted to eat at before we left; and the lists went on and on and on.

The most important of all of these lists was the one I compiled with everything I thought would make life ok down here. Things that needed to happen before and after our move in order to make us succeed. The kicker was that this list couldn't really be accomplished by me. Only God could really make these things happen satisfactorily. This was my prayer requests list.

I'd like to tell you that I faithfully prayed over that list. But I can't because, honestly, I lost the list. Because that’s what I do….I lose things. And I make lists. So I looking back it's not at all surprising that I lost the list.

But God didn’t forget my lost list or my few heartfelt prayers.

He doesn't lose stuff and he doesn't forget stuff. And He has faithfully answered all my requests. Well, the ones I can remember and probably the ones I can't remember, too cuz He's cool like that.

Of the things I can remember, I know that I wanted to find the perfect home for Lucy. I could not have just left her knowing that she wasn’t being well cared for and happy. God took care of that and I am at complete peace with her new family.

Also on my list was for us to find the perfect home in the perfect area. God really went above and beyond in that area. Seriously. This house far exceeds every expectation we could have ever had. To say we love living here is an understatement. And the area we are in is amazing. It is so peaceful and nice and perfect for us.

The final requests on my list that I can remember involve people – we would need a church home and a set of friends pretty quick. This two things were very scary for me because the people part in life has always been the hardest for me. I have never felt at ease around others. I always second guess my words and actions, and so many times I just avoid being around others because it’s easier.

Boo on me for taking the easy way out.

I knew that would not work down here and I knew that God would have to help us but I was so scared of how awkward it was going to be and I imagined it being so hard and anxiety filled. Bleh. I wasn't optimistic, at all actually.

But in a way that only He could, God allowed us to find a great church and our first set of friends in the first month. THE FIRST MONTH. Because He is Awesome and Amazing.

I’ll write about the church in a separate post because it’s a mega church and there’s a lot to write about it since it’s “mega” and all.

And the friends…well….it’d be kind of creepy of me to write too much about them since we just met and I don’t want to creep out our first set of friends.

That would be bad.

But I will say that they are very cool, they are our landlords (crazy!) and we hung out with them twice this weekend and have a road trip planned for May.

So that was an insanely long post to say…God is good and is taking care of us down here in the Lone Star State in ways that we could never have anticipated.

Go God!!