Pasadena Praises

Feel led today to just update you on what the Lord has been doing in our lives. As you know, we have moved to Pasadena, Ca because my husband took a job here in November. We have been here for two months which on some days, have felt like 2 years and some days, has felt like 2 weeks. We came, knowing that we had spent many hours in prayer about this. We knew that just because we were leaving under God’s direction, that there would be times that we would experience lonliness, sadness for friends and family not being close by, sadness for not knowing anyone and no one knowing us. There would be days when we just wanted to see a familiar face, or having someone know who we were, really. At our age, that process of building history and memories is harder than when you are younger and have children to bond you to other couples or events that bring you close to other people. Knowing this, it was only in trusting in God and knowing that He truly was leading us to a new place, that we are now, in California. We have experienced all of the above, but not only that, we have experienced God in a whole new way. We prayed that He would lead us to a Sunday school class where we would feel loved and welcomed, and that’s exactly what happened. The first Sunday we walked in to the Disciples class, everyone, not just a couple, but everyone came over to us and some hugged on us and then took us around and introduced us to everyone there. They immediately told us about the class party that was going to be held last Sat night and we went. We had a great time and in so doing, meet a lady who was not at class that week. She has since invited me to a ladies Bible study on Thurs mornings and is meeting me there to introduce me to the teacher. We are living in a place where we have meet all 5 of our neighbors and have already been invited in to two of their homes for a little get together. Today, I have been invited to a new friends house for dessert and to play Mexican Dominoes with 3 other ladies. All of this has been such a blessing. That God, in His infinte wisdom knew exactly what we needed. We are adjusting well to California and although we miss everyone so very much, we also are excited to see how God is going to use us here. We might not know many people and people might not “really” know us, but God does and that is what we give praise for today!