The past few days have led myself to contemplate and think about our decision to move here to Grande Prairie. We are so happy that we live here and really do love it! Jarem has no desire to leave, and I am behind him 100%!
At first I was happy that it had a Costco, but as we have now spent 3 and a half months here my list of what Grande Prairie has to offer has grown tremendously and we are feeling very blessed! Particularly with all the people we have met to far. Some I have actually known since I was a small child, others are new friends and I look forward to many years ahead of us.
Now let me take you back several years. We were living in Edmonton and found out there was a chance to move to Saskatoon. We wondered how we could possibly make such a big move ... while we sat in our good friends home ... they had moved from Spain a few years previous. Needless to say, they didn't offer much comfort, they wondered why we were being so whiny about moving 5 hours away.
So, we moved to Saskatoon for Jarem to finish school.
Three years later Jarem moved to Lloydminster, a 2 hour move. 6 months later the kids and I joined him.
After some adversity and jobs that were not making our family happy we decided, well, more felt inspired that our family needed a change. We tried really hard to stay in Saskatchewan, and even tried to go back to Saskatoon, but it wasn't meant to be.
After Jarem interviewed with FFP here in Grande Prairie, we knew that higher powers had a hold on our lives. There was no stopping it.
Our house sold with 1 showing. (selling our house in Saskatoon took 10 months, 6 of them on my own and pregnant with #4). When we put an offer on a home here in GP that had only been on the market 2 days, it was accepted, no altering required.
3 weeks later we made the 8 hour drive to our new home.
As I look back on these several years I could not have done it without a lot people who came and went in our lives, but never left our hearts. There are way too many to name everyone and that would make a huge post, but I do need to point out a few that got me to where my family is today. In the past several months I have shed a lot of tears when I think of the experiences that I shared with these few families. I am so grateful to the Lord for placing them in my life exactly when I needed them.
1. Our Spanish Family in Edmonton. They showed us that distance doesn't matter and you can build a family around you anywhere.
2. The Coomb and Tanner Families in Saskatoon. I can't even begin to explain how much these families did for me. Phone calls exactly when I felt so overwhelmed with all that was going in life. They offered so much kindness and support. Taught me how to support my family on next to nothing, how to 'put myself out there', and how to listen for those small promptings from the Lord.
3. The Onofrychuk, Low and Passey Families in Lloydminster. They were there for us in a huge time of need. We suffered a lot of heartache during our short stay, but these wonderful people were there for weekly 'therapy' walks/talks and late night dips in the hot tub that made our burdens and the loss of my mother-in-law Peggy bearable.
Because of them I am so blessed here in Grande Prairie, hours away from home, but know that I am home.
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