Transported

Today Garth and I worked in the yard digging up and moving around some of the plants that weren’t in the best place.  Some were getting squeezed out and some had too much room around them.  It looks nice, but will look even better in a year or two when it all fills itself in.

I was thinking about our family while we were doing it.  We are a transported family trying to “fill in” where we have been planted.  I don’t feel like our roots have grown firmly down into our soil yet.  We are certainly doing better than we were last summer, but I feel like we still have a ways to go.  In a few weeks it will be a year since we left Indonesia.  It sure feels like quite a bit longer than that.

I asked the kids the other day, “If you had the opportunity to move back to Indo for good, what would you say?”  Emma yelled out “Yes!” before I even finished the question.  Sophie was thoughtful and gave me a list of pros and cons.  Wyatt said yes, but as he considered it, he realized that it would be hard for him to come back here for college if we did that.  Cale is happy wherever he is planted.

For now, we really feel like this is where God wants us.  But please pray for Indo.  There are so many needs there for the upcoming year.  They desperately need teachers, administrators, computer techs and dorm parents.  It is easier to be here while it is warm.  We sure are loving the weather-grilling out, playing outside, swinging on the swings, lounging in the hammock- dreaming of the beach…

We sure do miss that ocean…

Love you
Rachel