We are moving!!!!!!

So we originally thought that we would have to wait until June to find out where we are moving but after a several phone calls, we found out that we are getting stationed in Germany! As I told many of my friends, I was planning for someplace like Kansas but hoping for Germany. When I heard the news I immediately started crying tears of joy. It just goes to show you that God does indeed hear our prayers and is incredibly faithful. Most people dream of doing an overseas assignment but it is rare to actually get the place you want. The best part about all of this is that E was an exchange student for a few years in a town that is only a few hours from the base we will be stationed at. Not to mention, he is also fluent in German. This puts me at ease. It's going to be a huge challenge to pick up and leave, but to do so in an entirely different country is even scarier. Oh friends, God is not a God of coincidence. I have a friend from high school that lives 45 minutes from where we will be and we just found out another set of friends received orders for a base that is an hour North of us. I think the most exciting part is knowing that regardless of where we would've gotten stationed, we had the peace that God assigned us there for a reason. I'm definitely anticipating all the cool experiences we will have but I'm most excited about the people we will meet and the various ways we will be used by Him.

What does this mean for us? Well...we have a lot to do. I'll save most of the military jargon for another post, but in short we will be leaving California in a few months and living temporarily in Florida where E will be training. Kaiden and I will be hopping around visiting both sets of parents in the meantime. Upon E's graduation in October, we will go straight to Germany. We should be there by the end of the year. Prior to leaving California we will have a lot of "out processing" to do. Out processing basically means we have to do a lot of paperwork for leaving our base. It's is a long, tedious and illogical process that has you running back and forth to different offices on base. We will also be getting our house prepared for renting and will also have to sell a lot of our belongings since we can't take too many items with us.

Ah! I honestly won't believe this is happening until we step foot in Germany. I've never been to Europe and now we will have the opportunity to see so many amazing places. I plan on learning German and we definitely plan on teaching Kaiden German so that he will be bi-lingual.

In regards of prayer, if you think of us I do have a few requests...

Please pray that...

•  we are able to rent out our house with zero problems
• we make it safely to all our destinations
• E succesffuly passes his TACP training
• our families will adjust to us being even farther away
• we adjust well to everything...E will have a new job, we will be in a new location and I hear homesickness is very common

A huge thanks to all our friends and family that have been keeping us in prayer. As I was talking to my mom about this on the phone, she shared that she was sad we wouldn't be closer but confident that God made no mistake in placing us there....let the countdown begin!

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