the move

Ok, so no post since May 25 makes me a bad blogger, right? Yes, it does. I am still computer-less at home and so my only access to the internet is at work where, well...I am working and have little time to blog.

I will say that this move has absolutely been one of the hardest things I have ever done. While I love where I work and I know that I am getting experiences here that would not be possible most anywhere else, I still do not know people. It has been an exceptionally lonely time. I spent the first 3 months here scheming and finding reasons to make trips back to Dallas or to have people come to visit me. Basically, finding any way I could to make it not feel like I had moved. And when I was in Little Rock, I was usually pouting about it.

My last trip was on my birthday in September (that means it's been 6 weeks...I'm pretty proud of me). It was a turning point. I had a couple of good conversations where I was reminded that this was a step of obedience and how much it would suck to not experience all that God has for me here because I am thinking of how great life was there. Since then, I have started working in the children's ministry at my new church and I'm really excited about some opportunities there for me. I still don't know that I will ever love Little Rock. I mean....it's Arkansas....let's be honest, it still feels a bit like punishment at times. But right now it is absolutely where I need to be and while I am still lonely and still get sad when I talk to friends at home and wish I could be there too, it isn't overwhelming anymore. I do have some hope - which is a step. So, I will make an effort to blog a little more often (for Sarah, because I'm pretty sure you're the only one who reads this, friend :) ). God is working in me right now...it is not pretty and I can't say it's all that enjoyable, but it is neccessary.

Maybe my next story will be about some interesting Arkansans I have had the pleasure of meeting here at the hospital...let me tell you, my job is nothing if not entertaining.