Okay so 6 months ago we moved from Cedar City, Utah back up to West Valley City, Utah. We moved with the intentions of staying up here for a long time. We moved back to be closer to family so that it was easier to see everyone...once again Heavenly Father is letting me know I am so far off the mark.
It was very hard for me to adjust from Cedar lifestyle to life up here. I missed Cedar horribly and struggled through the first four months up here. Aarron, myself, and our older kids did pray about going back to Cedar City. We knew at some point that we were going to go back to Cedar and that it was where our family was suppose to be, but of course we didn't think it would be soon. As I finally settle into life up here and start getting to know people better a change is to come...
This seems to be the way life works for me which isn't horrible. I am a pretty positive person most of the time and most days I can find the good in just about everything even when my kids are doing something naughty. I don't really know why I am like that, but I do believe it makes the rough patches in life a whole lot easier! I also think it is a great example for my children. So anyways back to the change to come about.
Aarron has been putting in for a position to advance in the company we did not get the job as they already had someone lined up for the position. He had stated in his application for the job that he wanted to advance in the company and further his knowledge so when the same position came available in St. George we put it for it to keep with his word, but both of us felt like he would not get that position so there was no real stress for us to worry about a move. About a week after he put in for the St. George job we got a call from one of the people who works down in the Cedar City office telling Aarron that he would like him to come back down and take his old job back with a pay raise.
This put some stress on us at this point. Since we weren't really planning on having to move it opened a door to something we were not prepared for which is not uncommon when God has a plan for you :) So the opportunity for us to go back to Cedar had readily fallen in our laps with a bonus we had not expected. The move though needed to take place in 4 weeks. I felt crazy four weeks is so fast...how was I suppose to manage that and get the kids still to school and on the list went. I was skeptical to say yes lets just move to Cedar City, because I didn't want to do something that was not the best thing for my family. Of course I started to pray and yet because I am such a logically thinking person I could not figure out if the answer was yes we need to go or if I just thought it made sense and how can you turn down a pay raise. We talked it out and we talked to my parents after much consideration that seemed to be the best option.
Now to get ready to move and find a home. With a job lining up and a pay raise the majority of everything was in place, but you cannot move without a home. I am a planner and I want a lot of notice so I set up a U-haul for our move for four weeks from the date but two weeks had gone by and we didn't have a house. I was beyond stressed and scared. I was trying to be faithful but felt like this was a huge road block and it got me thinking that maybe God was trying to tell us this was not what we were suppose to do. So again I started praying about if we were suppose to go now and I felt that we were so I willing stuck with trying to find somewhere to live. We could not get into where we wanted to go with the school we wanted the kids in, but I decided maybe I was trying to again place my wants in front of the Lords plan for us so I branched out our options. We moved the U-haul back a week and now had 3 weeks to find somewhere to live. It took us a few days. We got an application to an apartment where the rent was $580 but I felt the best about this apartment then all the others we had talked to yet including the place we wanted to get into. So we figured we could just wait and see what happened.
I have been packing the house up so it is ready at whatever point we actually do have to move. The day we went to print out the application for the apartment we applied to we went to see someone we are close to and care about a lot and found out that she is going to separate from her spouse which is a good thing for her, but we know it will be hard on her and her family so we felt very bad and like maybe we shouldn't move. It honestly ate at me for days. I again searched for an answer from Heavenly Father about what we were suppose to do. I am beyond grateful to know that he knows me and my family and will guide us in the direction that is best for us. I again got the answer that this is what we are suppose to do which is such a blessing. Knowing that we were suppose to still move I wanted to make sure we got the apartment. We did get approved and found that out just yesterday in the early afternoon. Funny enough though I got a call about an hour after that approval finding out that we can get into the place we wanted to and rent will only be 462 a month. This has been such a test of my faith and sticking through all the uncertainty but I am so glad I have a Heavenly Father who I can count on to guide me through those tests and that he blesses my faith. It took a lot of faith for me to feel so unplanned, but I am grateful for the strength it added to my testimony!
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