Being strategic

so junior and i are doing this.... we are moving out of the cottage this month, the 3rd week to be exact... the Pelletier family (our dear friends) have a silver bullet and their shed to provide space to store all our stuff in those places...then we will house sit for a family on st. Simon's island for 2 weeks.... then we have a few days and we leave for Haiti...July 12Th!

then when we get back we are going to live in the pelletier's camper...hopefully only for 2 weeks...until we have a new place to stay....so thank you Lord...thank you Pelletier's we will NOT be homeless!

we are staying in the Brunswick/st. Simon's area...because we don't feel God leading us to go anywhere else and plus junior is already accepted and ready to register for classes in august here.

we started looking at houses and apartments for rent, but we wanted our rent to be max 500 and we went out looking.... all those are in the hood...and i am NOT against the hood, but junior does not want me living there and i feel like we should be called there with a mission and i just want a home.... if that makes sense

so we were super discouraged went to eat and this lady ended up telling us about this house on foreclosure...long story short...looked at it....looked into it...it was sold already...then that started us looking at houses talking to people that we know and now we are more focused on buying a foreclosure than we are renting....

but we don't really want to commit to anything until we get back from Haiti. so we are educating ourselves and looking into both buying and renting....but not getting too anxious...

we really feel that Satan could use all this unknown to distract us from what God has for us in Haiti those 5 weeks....people might associate us both so much with Haiti that they forget the huge details of this trip and how important it is!

this trip is huge for us....

• we will be celebrating our first year anniversary of marriage....
• i haven't been in over a year and it will be my first time back since leaving after the earthquake and i wont be going for missions, but to be with family....
• junior hasn't been home to his country in 3 years...has not seen his mom, sisters....in 3 years....he hasn't been since all the damage...
• he also has to figure out, as we both do how... to be there with a spouse....and i am not fluent in his language yet....
• HAITI is huge in each of our hearts...we feel God wants us back there eventually....this will be our first time to do Haiti TOGETHER....

we don't want to be temped to not be present there and walk in what God has for us because of all the unknown or for me even the known...

i know myself and if i knew where we were going to be living or where i would be working in the moments of difficulty...whether language or feeling out of place...or missing attention from junior...whatever it is...i am great at living in my head....i would start decorating....exploring.... creating our new life....i don't want to do that...i want to be present there with junior and my new family in Haiti.

so right now we are educating ourselves, but not making any final decisions....

We believe that after Haiti God will give us clarity and His strategic plan with be revealed. so we are waiting and trusting in HIM!!!