to my dear friends & family.
i suppose it is time to blog about the latest development in our life. matt recently got offered a job at boeing as a structural design engineer (so proud, yay!) and lots of paperwork and waiting later, we got his start date on friday, so it's official! i waited to say anything before we knew it absolutely was going to happen. we couldn't make any arrangements before we got the start date anyway, so here it is: we're moving. we're packing it up and heading it out to make a new home in the seattle area!
boeing is sort of great already, in the sense that they are providing us a relocation team that helps us find places that fit what we are looking for, giving us a tour of those places and helping us actually find a good fit, and then packing us up and actually moving us... what a weird thought! it feels strange, but it sure is helpful! i'm so used to having to do that on our own, that i don't know what this is even like!
i'm writing from our hotel in seattle. we're meeting with our real estate guy tomorrow to tour the places he's put together that may be a fit for what we're looking for. we just want to rent for now before making any decisions to buy. plus we're not into the whole debt game right now. the rental market is absolutely going crazy over here, and so far all of the places we've seriously tried to make a move on have been snagged within hours of being listed. it's just nuts. we're hoping and praying for just the right thing. we know it'll be found. HE knows. :)
my tummy is full and happy from a great dinner out at buca di beppo. yumzz. plus, the company was more than lovely. :)
this is bittersweet. it's time for the next step and we knew we wouldn't be in ellensburg forever. but it's hard having the truth sink in, that these great relationships we've been forming since being here are going to have a lot of distance involved now. the sad part hit us in church today... matt ball, our dear friend, as he threw his head back and closed his eyes, singing 'you never let go' i just cried and cried. it's so true, i know that our God is leading us and directing our every move right now, but it's hard to leave things you love, even when you know it's time. it's hard to leave this place where we can worship so freely together alongside beloved friends.
everyone must keep in mind that we will be even nearer by than when we were in pullman. it's half the distance, and it's on a freeway. so, no crappy, forlorn, lonesome drive to the middle of nowhere. you, and we, can just jump on I-90 and be on either side of the mountains in just shy of 2 hours. plus, there's a whole heck of a lot more reason to visit seattle than pullman. let's be honest. :) this is me, personally extending our open-door policy to all friends, family, and brothers and sisters in Christ, who are ever in the area. even though we don't quite yet have a door to call our own. hopefully that part will be found tomorrow. :)
in HIS great love, peace, and mercy.
anna
3 comments:
Will you be living in Everett then? Matt and I grew up in Marysville (15 min away) and went to community college in Everett, and my dad had worked at Boeing for 17 years. Marysville has the most amazing outlet mall EVER, you're going to love it!
Keep us updated on the house! :)
Congratulations Anna! What an exciting time for you and Matt!! Let me know what area you end up in – Jess and I will come visit! Good luck with everything – moving, leaving Ellensburg, settling in. I hate saying goodbye, but you are so right that Seattle is only a QUICK trip to Eburg! So it’s hardly saying goodbye, mostly just saying see ya later. ;)
May I slumber on your floor?
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