Lets try this again

I recently read & enjoyed my cousins blog and it got me thinking that this seemed like such a great idea to get some thoughts down -  instead of having these thoughts run circles around the track in my head hehehe... so one day I got on to Blogger and tried to create an account, lo and behold the little pop-up man said that my email was already in use, so after trying out a few passwords, I got in and whoa.. Ive had a blog since December 2008.  I guess I had this same thought back then too - old age sure is creeping up, so I got thinking as to why I started a blog almost a year ago and didnt go back to it, I guess Im still trying to figure that one out.  But NE-WAY...  lets try to complete what was started a year ago shall we?

I do know that I started this blog because Im a recent American Immigrant so far away from home and the costs of calling friends and family got too expensive that it seemed a better idea to blog about it and have my friends & family read on my updates, and I also know that during the process of getting my greencard I had a lot of tests, tribulations and trials which I wanted to share with others who may be going through the same thing - come to think of it, these green-card trials and tribulations continue to this day,   hmmm.... I guess thats the reason why I didnt get back to the blog created so long ago, because as of today Im still trying to figure out this country and its processes.

So theres our beginning, lets try this again yeah? ... 

Almost 3yrs ago I moved to USA from New Zealand, my decision at the time, continues to be the best decision I ever made, no thats not right, the decision at the time was left up to God Alone and His Will Be done, much to my parents disappointment - as God fearing as they are, I should note that although they still find it hard to have their daughter in a country so far away, they have somewhat adjusted to my absence hehehe but it doesnt mean they love & miss me any less nor do I love and miss them any less either, there are times it gets unbearable that to hear their voices just breaks my heart... but as the saying goes "Distance makes the heart grow fonder" and theres no denying the truth there.  Theres also no denying the heartache I feel when another niece or nephew is born that I havent yet met... in God's time they will meet their best aunty, despite what the other uncles and aunty may be led to believe lol.

Since moving to America, my husband and I have more or less been sort of gypsies - my husband has no fault in this I should add, it was all me -  not long after making America my new home I had been finding it a little hard to adjust so much so that I decided that we needed to go on a journey and seek out the New Zealand in America, and being the awesome husband that he is - he loving obliged - Thank you Lord for blessing me with such a loving and understanding husband, so from there we made our way from Jacksonville, FL to Stockton, CA and now just recently to Salt Lake City, UT - where believe it or not, I actually think Ive found the New Zealand in America. And we like it a lot... I mean A LOT! hehehe

The most ironic thing is - Utah was the very last place I ever wanted to move to, I never considered it even though the door kept opening  - we (no, I) kept closing it, till finally we gave our journey up to God to send us where he willed us, and Utah funnily enough is where he wanted us, so here we are...  finally being obedient and doing what we should of done the first-time,  ready to begin over again for the 3rd time lol... at least here in America that is, on a side note... I actually counted the number of times Ive moved in my 31yrs and amazingly I have lived in a total of 3 different countries, 9 different cities and 18 different houses - Thank you Lord for blessing me with such wonderful memories of every single one of those moves and believe it or not were not quite done yet since we still have to find our own place here in SLC, and as indecisive as I can be, I dont know how many more homes we will see before we settle down  - but we definitely like this city.   I do hope though that this is the last interstate move cos Im done moving and saying goodbye to family & newfound friendships - however, thats all up to God. No matter where he has us go, I know it will be Great.

We are blessed to have met soo many beautiful Godly people along the way and the kindness they showed to us, helping us to become strong in our walk and praying for us on our journeys... to those beautiful people we are eternally thankful, and extremely grateful to God Above for blessing us with them.  We pray for them and for everyone that is struggling to get through these financial hardships, the uncertainties of life or at a crossroad unsure of whether to go on. I hope that if this blog does anything for the people who come across this, it will be to help you understand Gods never-ending love, that even though you feel like you're on your own and life takes you places you didnt expect it to, or you feel like your'e going through a circle of mistakes, remember to STOP, BREATHE AND LISTEN... theres something that God's trying to tell you and dont worry if you dont get it the first time, second time, third time or so on, His Love is Eternal - He will never leave you nor forsake you and He will continue to keep sending you these messages because He Loves you and wants you home, when you're ready to hear Him.  Come Home. 

I continue on this journey myself learning to have faith in God that he has me exactly where he wants me to be - to learn something at that point of time, to have someone minister to me or to minister to someone who needs help, and learning to listen for His voice. I pray you have a safe week with God's abundant blessings.  Till we blog again.  God Bless