An Announcement...Coming Full Circle

Ok, time to spill the details. We are moving back to Pennsylvania in March sometime (date subject to change). I know, I know...most of you are staring at this in shock. I'll tell the medium size story since I don't feel like going long-winded today. A few months ago I was feeling pulled somewhat towards PA. I read Matt's sister's blogs and kept feeling like we were missing out on family stuff. This was strange for me because I had never really felt those feelings since we left. I didn't think much of them until things started going downhill business-wise. We tried to expand with my brother as an employee but those doors closed and we had to lay him off. After that our finances began a quick trip south and life was a bit frustrating. We decided to wait until Christmas in PA to see how it felt being there. It was a whirlwind of course and I wasn't able to process anything. I figured we'd have a couple of weeks home to talk, process, and pray about the decision. Once again, not as planned! We have been home since the 6th and Matt has not had work since December 22nd. Not one job in the future...until April or May. There was one big job planned for February but it got lost to another design company. Panic began to settle in. No jobs = no money = no food, electricity, rent, etc. So in the past 3 days we have decided that Matt is going to PA soon (probably Monday) and will work so that we can survive to the end of our lease here (end of March). In this present job market, the fact that we have an excellent, secure, full-benefits job waiting for us is such a blessing and we are so thankful! I'm still in a bit of shock myself that this has happened so fast, but we feel like it is the direction we should head. We feel strongly about having our kids around some family and, honestly, we aren't really that fond of Colorado Springs. Sure, Matt could maybe find a job here and we could push through, but we have discovered that we don't want to settle here. Maybe this turned a bit long-winded after all...sorry! So, we are returning to the beginning after an amazing 5 year journey, which I am positive we had to take before we could settle in PA. We are still our family, we still have our dreams and goals, and we have committed to not lose sight of those goals. I would appreciate your prayers as I'm going to be a single mom for about 3 weeks before Matt comes back to visit, and then leaves again. As a side note, if he finds a decent place for us to rent and we can get out of our lease (excellent landlords) we may go sooner. That too is in God's hands. So there it is. You are probably wondering what that song I posted really has to do with this...well, it had more to do with the fact that for the past 3 or 4 months we have felt like God was stripping us of everything. But through all of that I know he didn't let go, even though I thought he did (another post!). He never said there wouldn't be fire, He just promised to walk through it with us. So I am moving again, the 6th time in 5 years, UGH!! Oh, and if any of you has some free time and wants to come visit me I'd be glad for company! I will keep you posted on how things are and dates, etc..