Just thinking...

As I sit here at the computer all morning working I starting a thinking process in between waiting on hold and waiting for websites to download. I sat here watching the temp. go from .6 degrees F to 8.4 degrees F. From snow lightly falling but piling up fast to a break in the clouds with sun shining down on the fresh snow. You would think I was sick of all this white stuff but the truth is, yes at moments I am like when I have to go get the mail or wait for the girls to get off the bus or when the roads are closed. For the most part I just love the fresh fallen snow. To look out on it with no tracks going through then for "the icing on the cake" the sun comes down to show me even more of the beauty that I live in. God is such an awesome God who made this beautiful area that I call my home away from home.

So then my minds goes to 11 1/2 years ago when we took a trip to Juneau, Alaska to visit my uncle. Granted we were there in the summer but as we drove around I thought about what it must be like to live where snow is a constant. I had questions like, do you wear boots all the time, is school ever cancelled, do the kids live in their snowsuits, do you feel depressed because of the gloom and cold??? Fast forward....you know sometimes when you ask a question and God is listening you never know when or how you will get an answer. God is never late but He is always on time. I love that saying. So this is the time to have my questions answered. Yes, we do wear our boots most of the time, rarely is school ever cancelled, if the kids do go out yes they do wear their snow clothes, depressed - NO, ready for warmer weather and sun - yes, at times.

I feel that in order to really survive you have to live in the here and now. Enjoy it for what it is and thank God that every moment and opportunity, even the hard ones, is a blessing and a gift. A way that God is growing you into the person He has created you to be.

Some of you may be wondering how we are doing living so far away from home, family, friends, conveniences. We are doing just fine. Yes, we have moments where we miss those things but home is here now, our family is dearly missed but we are making "family" right here and we are adding to our list of friends ( our ones back home are also dearly missed ). And those conveniences, at times man to I crave a stroll through Target or a latte from Starbucks.

I pray that you will be able to make a trip here to visit our little peace of heaven. See what God made and we get to call home. We want to share with you our adventure not only amongst these words and pictures on our blog. But in real life.

That is my thoughts for the day. Thanks for letting me share them with you. We'd love to hear back from you. We miss you all!!