And Now Where are We Going?!

Where do I begin to wrap up this summer and update you on the future? We have enjoyed so many sweet moments. We have also experienced some intense loss. We have enjoyed many days, evenings, and weekends spent here at the Ramsier Home place. Mom and dad Ramsier have been staying in a rental they have that was open. It is about 5 minutes away. We have enjoyed doing life with them this summer and will miss them so much.

Some of our weekends have consisted of travels: Traveling to Toledo and Detroit to see family. Traveling to Illinois for my dear Aunt Barb's funeral and Ft Wayne for our friend and former student Amanda who was murdered. That is still a hard few words to write. We traveled up to north Ohio to see family and friends. We spent one weekend with our sweet friend Todd and his baby girl, Juno (momma Lizzie went to be with Jesus in March). Some weekends were spent here with life-long friends Josh has enjoyed. We have a sweet church family here in Sardis that was always up for a play date. We have neighbors that were always ready to drive us around on four wheeled vehicles and try fishing. We have enjoyed visits from my mom and sister and dear friends Nick and Melyssa (who lived with us in the DR for a while).

Now we are closing in on our final week here. We have a home in Florida. Josh and I went down a weekend in July and were able to check it out. We will be buying it. It is currently very livable but will require lots of remodeling. The home is in north Cape Coral. It is a cute little 3 bedroom with a few mango and avocado trees already in the lot. We are excited to start this adventure but know it will come with a lot of new challenges. Josh will be looking for a job of any sort really. I will be connecting with community areas that the kids can run and play in. We will be feeling out the norms with all the co-vid expectations (I have come to realize each area has it's own expectations). We will be enjoying reconnecting with our friends that lived with us in the DR. Troy and Lexie are about 15 minutes away from our house! I will be looking into doing a little private practice counseling if I can find any good opportunities. It would be from home, through on-line technology I am thinking (we shall see, but working on licensing stuff).

So next Tuesday Sept 8th Josh and I will head down to Florida in our van with all our stuff. We will drive to our house, drop off stuff and head over to Ft Pierce (where we will fly back into after we get our stuff and dogs). We then take a rental car down to Miami and fly out Sept 10. We will be in the DR for a short time and return on a cargo flight Sept 15. This time in the DR will be full of visits, packing, customs, and I'm sure not near enough time to see all our people. Once we get back to Florida, mom, dad Ramsier and kiddos will fly down on Sept 17th and stick around for a while to help us get settled.

We covet any thoughts and prayers during this time. It is busy. Praying we can be in good health and spirits. We also pray mom and dad will enjoy their last week with the kids solo.