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I Am Not Wearing Green - I Forgot!

This is Rand’s last week at Stoneville. He has been there for seven years. The other night he mentioned that maybe it was possible that he might have broken a mirror before he started working there. He said it with a straight face and really questioned it in his mind. I laughed out loud. I do love his humor. I am so glad this job has come to pass for him yet, I am so glad at what it has taught him. He waited for the right job to come along before he left this job. This new position is nothing but part of God’s master plan for him. It is most exciting times in our home.
Our home… well, it is not up for sale yet. It is ready for sale but not for sale. We are at the mercy of the relocation company, so we wait. Rand will live in a furnished apartment or extended stay hotel until our house sells. We will then purchase a home in the Jonesboro area. We have our eye on several homes and hope they will still be on the market when it is time to purchase. We had an agent come look at our home over the weekend and she will report back to the relocation company on price, etc. She was very complimentary of our home and said she thought it had great curb appeal and said it was very clean for a four year old house. It better have inside and outside appeal after all the hard work and elbow grease put into it last week. So, we wait.
Pray for us as we wait. Waiting can be the hardest part. Also, pray for my job. Leaving this job is the hardest part of our move. I never dreamed leaving a job would be so difficult. God is good though and I see him already emotionally detaching me from it. I am excited about the new direction God is taking me with the move yet unsure of what the direction might be. The job market is not great in Jonesboro, so pray that something opens up for me in the right timing. Rand and I will also be living apart for an unknown amount of time. That will be tough but nothing we can’t handle after his long trips overseas and his duck hunting passion. God has prepared me for it, I reckon.
This morning I told Rand this was our last week to ride to work together. We only have 3 more days this week. We don’t want to admit it to each other but I think we are both thrilled to not carpool together anymore. We really don’t do mornings well and especially with one another. I think a little alone time in the car is necessary in order to decompress from the workday stress or the early morning rush. I am looking forward to having my radio back!

Abby

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