The most difficult thing about moving.
Well I figured I should participate in sharing some thoughts about this upcoming adventure. Please have a bit of grace when reading. I’m not as good as my better half with this whole writing thing. :)
Moving overseas has quite a few challenges. From deciding what to pack to attaining a work permit and preparing kids to start school in another country. Not to mention selling a house, selling/giving away most of our possessions to fit what’s left into a 10x10 storage unit. BTW, Eileen is a master at keeping track of what goes in which pile, and what heads off to another country or stays.
So just a few things have fallen into place for this move, other stuff we have awaited anxiously to come through. However, we have no room to complain- our house is nearly complete in the selling process, of which has gone more fluidly than we could have ever anticipated(thank you Jesus for your complete answer to prayers). Our possessions are nearly packed up or dispersed through out Roseburg. We are right on the home stretch of being ready to go and we have a house we get to live in as soon as we arrive. It’s very much just small details we are wroking through at this point.
All that being said there are two very hard elements to this move. One of them is saying good bye to both family and friends. My parents moved here to be close to us, and now we are moving a few times zones earlier and plane flights away. They understand the reasons we are going, but it is very hard to leave them. On our return to the states we plan to reunite with them so that helps to know we will again be close, but saying good bye is not fun. Also saying good bye to the friends we have made here is proving difficult. We settled here thinking this was a forever home where our girls were going to grow up. We very much got involved as we have in other states we loved. But it seemed to be more intentional and purposeful. God obviously had some other amazing plans and now we have to say good bye to some of the most awesome people that we have grown very close, or even just met) to over these last almost three years. Heck, we are sad to leave behind the amazing family that is buying our house, and we JUST met them!
The second thing that is proving difficult, even more so than the first, watching our girlies have to deal with the reality that their days with their very best friends are numbered on the short side. Talking with them about having to say goodbye and watching them ball their eyes out has been utterly heartbreaking. We talk about how Jesus often asks us to do hard things and this is one of those thing. But that is a very hard thing for a seven year old to grasp, especially one who loves her best friend. And thinking of their best good friends who are going to be left behind is heart wrenching.
We know that those moments pass and we make new friends and we move on, but it doesn’t make it any easier. But we have to be resolved that Jesus has some pretty huge plans afoot and we need to stay on track. The girls will hopefully benefit from experiencing a new culture and we can help change eye care for a population who desperately needs Eileen’s skill set.
Those two things seem to be the hardest parts of this move. But we will see what’s in store when we arrive in just a couple days. Hold on tight everyone!!
Jeromee
Moving overseas has quite a few challenges. From deciding what to pack to attaining a work permit and preparing kids to start school in another country. Not to mention selling a house, selling/giving away most of our possessions to fit what’s left into a 10x10 storage unit. BTW, Eileen is a master at keeping track of what goes in which pile, and what heads off to another country or stays.
So just a few things have fallen into place for this move, other stuff we have awaited anxiously to come through. However, we have no room to complain- our house is nearly complete in the selling process, of which has gone more fluidly than we could have ever anticipated(thank you Jesus for your complete answer to prayers). Our possessions are nearly packed up or dispersed through out Roseburg. We are right on the home stretch of being ready to go and we have a house we get to live in as soon as we arrive. It’s very much just small details we are wroking through at this point.
All that being said there are two very hard elements to this move. One of them is saying good bye to both family and friends. My parents moved here to be close to us, and now we are moving a few times zones earlier and plane flights away. They understand the reasons we are going, but it is very hard to leave them. On our return to the states we plan to reunite with them so that helps to know we will again be close, but saying good bye is not fun. Also saying good bye to the friends we have made here is proving difficult. We settled here thinking this was a forever home where our girls were going to grow up. We very much got involved as we have in other states we loved. But it seemed to be more intentional and purposeful. God obviously had some other amazing plans and now we have to say good bye to some of the most awesome people that we have grown very close, or even just met) to over these last almost three years. Heck, we are sad to leave behind the amazing family that is buying our house, and we JUST met them!
The second thing that is proving difficult, even more so than the first, watching our girlies have to deal with the reality that their days with their very best friends are numbered on the short side. Talking with them about having to say goodbye and watching them ball their eyes out has been utterly heartbreaking. We talk about how Jesus often asks us to do hard things and this is one of those thing. But that is a very hard thing for a seven year old to grasp, especially one who loves her best friend. And thinking of their best good friends who are going to be left behind is heart wrenching.
We know that those moments pass and we make new friends and we move on, but it doesn’t make it any easier. But we have to be resolved that Jesus has some pretty huge plans afoot and we need to stay on track. The girls will hopefully benefit from experiencing a new culture and we can help change eye care for a population who desperately needs Eileen’s skill set.
Those two things seem to be the hardest parts of this move. But we will see what’s in store when we arrive in just a couple days. Hold on tight everyone!!
Jeromee
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