This is a hard post to write.
Firstly, I don't want anyone to be offended that they found out our big news via my blog post. I have tried to let some people know, but for various reasons I haven't been able to tell them.
Secondly, telling the world makes me more accountable, makes it all a bit more real. People will be asking me how the plans are going, and if God decides that this isn't the right thing for us, then I will have to explain why we didn't do it.
But the thing is, I truly think God is telling us to do it.
What are we doing?? Moving to the Gold Coast...
We have been playing with the idea for absolutely years, every single time we go there on holiday everyone in our family says that they want to live there. Even when we drove through when visiting friends on the Sunshine Coast we wish we lived there. Being self-employed, we couldn't just up & move, we had loyal customers who we wanted to continue to help. But the recent downturn in our local economy meant that we had to close our business, so that reason to stay was removed. Hubby getting a full time job showed him that was employable, even without tertiary qualifications, which was something he had struggled with.
The final piece in the puzzle was given when we went on holidays to the Gold Coast at the start of August, we left the cold Central Coast and discovered the beautiful, mild winter weather of Queensland. And I was in so much LESS PAIN.
I know what you're saying, I was on holidays, of course there was less stress, but there was less stress for more reasons than just being on holiday. Everywhere on the Central Coast reminds me of the hard things we have lived through. The streets where family lived or still live. The worry of walking through Erina Fair and running into one of them. On the Gold Coast we can make new mistakes, I know we will still be taking ourselves with us. That all our hurts, habits & hang ups will still cause us the issues that they cause us here. But that constant rub in your face reminder, the fear that they will do something and "attack" again, that will be gone. And that will be a HUGE relief!!
So we are making plans. We have contacted a friend who works in a school up there that can put feelers out for us. We have made lists of what we need to do. We have contacted moving companies for a rough estimate so that we know what we have to save up for. We have even applied for some jobs for hubby.
Now we start down-sizing. We are looking at everything and wondering how much of it we really need. Weighing up the cost of moving it against the necessity of it. So even if this doesn't work out, we will definitely benefit from the de-cluttering & downsizing.
But I know it is going to work out. And we are going to move interstate!
I keep praying. Pray that we make wise decisions. Pray that it is truly the best thing for all the family. Pray that we will keep excited, and use that excited energy well.
The biggest thing I pray for is that we will find a great Bible teaching church on the Gold Coast. We are so blessed at EV Church, that they are so firm on teaching from the Bible, and teaching us to seek the truth, not what we feel, not what society thinks is best. I pray that as we find our new place in the world, that our place in eternity will never be compromised.
WE ARE SO EXCITED!!!
And we promise that you can come & visit, even if we have to stack all the furniture to fit you xoxo
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