Part 5

And then.... about 3 weeks into settling after hanging lights, putting in smoke alarms, changing the locks, hanging curtains.... We got the news.

I had just finished going to a workout at a local church. I had deeply enjoyed the girls, the time and maybe for the first time personally, I was starting to see a softening of my heart. I called Tim to share with him about my time at workout and he shared he needed to talk to me. Oh boy!

Apparently, the man who Tim was coming to work for, the man who promised a business allowance to buy a home, the man who verbally made numerous remarks of his excitement to call us family, the man who came to our farewell in Valencia, the man who had promised Tim a unique opportunity to work along side him DISAPPEARED. WHAT? Yes, his fiance at the time called Tim and shared he left her with an erased phone and computer and was not to be contacted. WHAT?

As Tim shared this with me, I remember going numb. Shaking, and getting really angry. I was angry with Tim, with God and really couldn't believe what I was hearing. I questioned if God was punishing us and why. Yes, I went down that road and gratefully was reminded by loving friends that our God is not punishing. NOW WHAT WERE WE GOING TO DO????

In a most gracious effort, our dear friends the Paschalls arrived from Orange County the next day, in the treacherous heat and started processing all of this information with us. We sat early Sat. afternoon and just talked everything out. Tim and I had already looked at rentals that morning. If you remember, we spend hours, days and countless efforts looking for a home a month prior and now we were back at it.

Carrie and I took the kids to the Children's Museum for 5 hours to get out of the heat. Danny and Tim hired packers and started the process. This was one of the longest days of my life. Even the events of the evening, playing by the pool and waiting until 10 at night for an open room continued to were me down. This was a tired, overwhelmed, sad, angry mom and wife.

It's in these moments you learn so much. So much! Dear friends who journey through these times are so amazingly displaying Jesus in their selflessness that you for moments lay aside all the sadness and are just in awe. Oh how thankful and forever grateful we are for you dear friends. You picked us up, held us up and and carried us when were too tired to go farther.