Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Signs Of Reentry

Nearly five years ago Keri and I finished selling most of what he had and left for Bulgaria with Katie who was 18 months old at the time. That was an important time and marked what for us, was our exit from normal life. After serving in Bulgaria we felt led to return to the States to pursue one last jaunt in education, but that wasn't reentry; we knew it was just a step into something else we would do, although we didn't know exactly what. In seminary you go into survival mode, always looking to the future when some day life will become semi-normal again, or at least semi-predictable. The hardest part of leaving normal life was having to find a new home for our dog Molly, who we'd had for 11 years when we left for Bulgaria. Losing Molly was our exit.

Now God has revealed the place he has been preparing for us. We are living in St. Louis serving at West County Assembly of God, and the time has come for reentry. You might think reentry would be finding a house (we're looking and saving), but reentry has actually come through the newest member of our family, Sadie. Sadie is a five-pound, 3-month-old, curly, white-haired Bishon Frise. She's fierce!