The Scoop: FINALLY!!!

As I look on my last post I am struck by how much life has changed in 3-4 weeks. We have experienced so many new, exciting, difficult, and traumatic events in such a short time frame. We have arrived in Indianapolis, and feel like we are already in the full swing of life!! How does that happen?

Our 5 day car trip was quite a success and significantly easier than the trip 6 years prior when we went to Ephrata. We hit a few tourist spots but mostly tried to cover lots of ground driving each day. The kids had enough things to keep them busy thanks to Adventures in Odyssey and many fun travel gifts (particularly snacks). The dog did not eat the bird and we only had to "pet smuggle" in to one hotel!! Annabelle really struggled with our dishonesty! We arrived around midnight to a welcome party, a sign, and air mattresses. Home sweet home!

We are blessed beyond belief by our new family here....yet still feel the sting of empty hearts from old family! It is very confusing to deal with all these emotions (for me), no wonder each of the children are displaying such a wide array of behavior...such interesting behavior! There is such an outpouring of love and excitement with our arrival- hard to accept and take in but greatly appreciated! Rob has been nervous, excited, overwhelmed, and confident all at the same time. The kids have been warmly welcomed..yet still sad and want to go home. I see each kid changing before my eyes- and in these moments of doubt and sadness- feeling confident that God has called them here also.

Our life has changed- not for the better or the worse- just changed, drastically. Please- I urge you to continue to pray through our tough transitions. It is hard to follow the Lord's call- even when it is a very exciting and wonderful call!

Things have been very chaotic, everyday is new and I have no Schedule so please look forward to see more updated posts..and I apologize for not getting this up sooner---if you knew me before and all my giftings of organization-NOT--just imagine it is soooo much worse right now!