MOVING ON

So it is official.

Josh and I are moving.

God has opened up some doors for us to move to Raleigh, NC.

It is an exciting time and a scary time. It's exciting because we feel the Lord is moving us on and He has given me an awesome job at an Aveda hair salon. I am excited and very nervous about this job. I just hope that I will be able to do well and make people happy. It is scary, because we are venturing into once again a new territory. Josh does not yet have a job lined up and we are still praying about that. But we feel the Lord has made it clear that this is what we are supposed to do. As I was just reading Elise and Bryan's blog, the Lord reminded me how sometimes we just need to step out in faith and let the Lord take care of the rest. Its of course much easier said than done, but I am working on it! We are looking forward to the things that God has in store for us. Josh was able to raise up another guy from church to take over the role as worship leader. His first Sunday was last week and he did very well. We hope to be able to continue being used in our musical gifts as we move on. I am definitely going to miss it here. The beauty, the warm weather, the beach in the winter time! I will so miss it! But I so look forward to the things that lie ahead and to the awesome plans God has in store. Our last day on the big island is May 31st. Then we are going to Kauai for a couple of days, the last of the islands we have left to see... Then I start my new job June 6th! Of course your prayers are always welcomed and appreciated! Also, I will post pictures from our hike in Polulu valley. Josh and I did this hike 2 weeks ago in a town called Hawi ( pronounced Ha V). It was absolutely beautiful and after I got over the fact that I ruined my sneakers in mud, I had a really good time!

Maryland in March

Aloha to all who read our blog!

It is 6:15 AM on a Saturday morning and Tiffany wants me to come back to bed, but it is beautiful and sunny today and I am so excited because we are going up to the Hawi side (Northern Coast) of our island and going hiking. After that we are going to chill out on the beach and then have a nice dinner. I am sure we will get lots of pictures and may even have a neat story to tell about it.

A lot has happened since our last Blog of February 10th. In early March, we returned to the mainland in Maryland and visited first my parents, then Tiffany's parents. When living so far from home, sometimes special occasions are the motivation to buy those $$$ plane tickets and take off work. The special occasion was Tiffany's dad's 60th Birthday.

First off, we received a warm reception from BOTH of my sisters at the airport in DC. Elise flew in from Oregon to surprise us and it went off without a hitch! We were blown away that she was here.

I got to spend a lot of time hanging out with my dad as we played disc golf, took the dogs walking and frisbee on the beach, and generally just driving around. My mom made fantastic dinners and amazing breakfasts and we played games as a family. It was a wonderful time! Also, Tiffany did my mom, Sarah, and Elise's hair all at once and they had a great time doing "girl stuff." We introduced my family to Tyler Perry movies and laughed and cried together.

Next we drove down to Raleigh, NC to visit Tiffany's Aunt and Uncle and also visit some friends. We had a very relaxing time down there, and went to Tiffany's favorite restaurant, The Cheesecake Factory.

After that we drove up to Williamsburg to stay at this place called Great Wolf Lodge which has an indoor water park. We spent a day and a half there celebrating the birthday! Shawn and Kara drove in from Ohio and we came back into Salisbury on Saturday night. We got to spend three more days in Salisbury, then went up to Cockeysville to stay overnight with Jon and Shannon before returning back to Hilo.

The whole time we were gone in Hilo, it rained EVERYDAY! It wasn't a downpour, but a steady drizzle for 24 hours a day. March had 31 inches of rain! We are glad that we missed all of that rain.

We are just now coming out of the rainy season and the sun is so beautiful!!! For some reason this thing won't let me upload any pictures...I will try again later!