Changes

The horizon of our future is looking a little different these days.  We have a lot of changes going on around here but I've been a little preoccupied to find the time to tell you, in great detail, about everything.  

Lately, my time and energy has been going into packing up everything we own so we can move here: 

Isn't it amazing?  

We go to church with the precious family that owns this (150 year old!) farmhouse.  They have graciously offered to let us live here in exchange for taking care of the animals (horses, sheep, goats, & chickens...oh, my!).  We should officially be moved in the week after Easter.  I'll explain more about this later!

The other major change at the Brock household is our jobs!  I am so proud of my man for landing a job at Sherwin Williams.  He's in the Manager Training Program.  Ironically, this is the same company that he worked for before we moved up here.  

And, my job has changed yet again...I know you aren't surprised!  I originally worked at the rockin' cool bead store Panopolie, and then I was given a promotion (read: more hours!) at Ornamentea (same company, yet different store), but then I recently decided to go back to Panopolie because the drive and work load became too much.  This past Monday was my last day working at the downtown store, and it also happened to be the day that I found out some not-so-good-news.  You can read this blog post to get all the details, but basically the owners have decided to close Panopolie.  As of right now, I am still shocked  and saddened because this kinda blew our perfect plan out of the water, however we know this has not caught our God by surprise!  

God is doing some crazy good things right now, and we are super excited about all of the changes coming our way.  My favorite verse is Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord..."  I am so glad that His plans are so much better than mine!  These are certainly not things that I would have planned for us, but we feel blessed beyond measure!  

I can't wait to tell you more about why we are making some of these decisions, and how these changes are really effecting us, and why they are such a blessing!  For those of you that might jump the gun, and I know there are a few of you out there...I'm not pregnant, yet.  I will shout that from the rooftops, trust me!  However, so many things have happened in the last year that have caused us to alter our journey just a little bit.  But our God is amazing, and providing for us every step of the way!  I'm so blessed to be a part of it!

If you think about us in the next two weeks, would you mind saying a quick prayer for us?  We could use energy, wisdom, and strength!  Thank you, thank you, Thank you!