Home Sweet Home (the Sequel)

We're all moved in to our house in Louisville, and it really does feel like home.  We had a surprisingly easy move: the movers came on Monday and were able to deliver our things by Wednesday.  Not bad, especially considering it took 2 whole months to get our stuff from Okinawa last year.  We're living in a house that belongs to my Dad which has basically sat empty for the last few years since he doesn't actually live here.  It's been fun to transform this house to make it our own, and it's incredible how different it looks now!  We are incredibly blessed to be living in such a nice house, especially since for the time being neither of us have jobs.

We lived in South Carolina for only one year, so I'm really glad we'll be able to be settled here for at least 3 years before moving on.  I'm something of a homebody (which you'd never guess based on all our traveling), so I like to be able to put down roots.  While it's always a little overwhelming at first trying to start a brand new life in a new place, it's also kind of exciting.  Besides, Patrick and I have something of a home court advantage here since we both grew up in Louisville.  At least we know some people, and that certainly helps.

I was telling Patrick yesterday that I never feel completely settled in a place until we have found a church family to be part of.  Finding others to seek Jesus with is crucial for us, and I hope you'll be praying for/with us about that.  It will be especially difficult since we will be gone so much over the next four months.  I doubt we'll really start to feel connected anywhere until January when we can start attending a church regularly.

By far the best part of being back in Louisville is getting to spend more time with our families, well, most of them anyway.  We haven't lived here for ten years, and we've missed out on so many family events.  We've definitely got a lot of making up to do!

And now for the pictures...