Our Family Update

Here's the Gebbink update...
6 months ago Jason was offered a job in Chicago in a money management firm trading bonds. Although this was something that he had never done and we had no idea how the logistics of it were going to work being 3 hours from us in Bloomington, we had total peace about the situation. For the first time in my life I was actually upset that I had peace. This job was not in 'my plan' and I did not have a hiccup like this figured into 'my plan'. Well, we all know what God thinks of our plans... ha ha... So, going completely on faith he accepted the job and we went from there. From day one God opened doors and provided for all of our needs. From a very nice, very affordable rental house that was completely gutted and fixed up just for us, to a houseful of furniture that was loaned to us, to my job being INCREDIBLY understanding and flexible and allowing me to work from home 2 days a week... God provided.

Now we are going on 6 months of Jason working in Chicago, and it's actually going pretty well. He heads up on Sundays via Amtrak, then I work Mon-Wed while Amelia is watched by grandmas and a friend, then she and I head up to McHenry on Wed evenings where I work from home on Thursdays and Fridays and we all drive home together Friday nights. Saturdays we do stuff around the house, Sunday is church (Jason is still working in Peoria as a worship leader at our church), and Sunday night we do it all over again. Whew. Hopefully we won't have to keep it up for longer than a year before he is able to work from home. God has provided for us every step of the way and, although somedays are much harder than others, we have grown and learned so much already. So, praise to Him!