A Glimpse Into Our Last Month Or So
The last month or so has felt relentless, volatile, exciting, and hopeful. To give you an idea of what our lives have been like I’ll paint you a picture with a list of what we’ve been up to since coming moving back to the States from Mongolia.
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(Keep in mind that from the day we found out we were pregnant, Peace Corps had us packed up and moving back to America in about a week and a half.)
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The first week we spent going from Mongolia to Los Angeles to Seattle and back to Los Angeles. We landed in LA on a Monday and were in Seattle on a Thursday. During the four days we were in Seattle I had my last job interview and we found a house to live in.
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The second week was sad because unfortunately we spent it dealing with the loss of the pregnancy.
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The third week we spent mostly packing, moving things out of storage, and shipping everything up to Seattle.
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The fourth week we went up to Seattle to unpack and move into the house. We also had to deal with my car being totaled while it was being shipped.
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The fifth week we were in Seattle and I started work at Mars Hill while Kim tackled the difficult task of sorting through all of our junk and making a home.
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The sixth week we unpacked our last box at 1:30am the night before flying back to Orange County for the Mongolian photo exhibit.
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Now, I’m back up in Seattle and working while Kim is in California enjoying time with her family. Needless to say, we’re tired but thankful for all of the ways God, family, and friends have carried us through this time. My parents gave us a home-in-between-homes; a quiet place where we could decompress. The people at Mars Hill in Seattle have been so generous and welcoming; going so far as to let us borrow a car when ours was wrecked and making numerous airport runs to shuttle us back and forth. Our friends made great efforts to stop by and say hi and to come to the opening of the exhibit.
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Despite all of this stuff we’re really grateful and extremely excited about this chapter about to start up here. Personally I’m fired up for my job; to be working at such a great place with great guys. Kim and I are anxious to love this city, this church, and being here together.
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We’ll make a video of our house this weekend. It won’t feel as distant and foreign as our Mongolian apartment video but hopefully it’ll give you a glimpse into our life here.
Love,
Nick
