study break

I am finally taking a moment to update my blog with the happenings of the last couple weeks. It has been hectic, especially the last week or two, and although I am on the computer alot it has been mostly for studying.
We managed to get our stuff all packed up and ready for the move on April 30. We spent a good part of the two weeks leading up to that day disassembling furniture, packing less-used items, and arranging things in the house for an easy load in to the truck early Saturday morning. This caused a lot of stress for certain people in our house, namely everyone. It was chaotic for a couple weeks, and tension mounted.
Saturday came, and we picked up the truck with little fanfare. Our friend Gord offered to drive the behemouth truck for us, all the way to Medicine Hat and back! It was such a blessing to have him drive the truck out, since a fully loaded 5 ton truck is a bit more than I was comfortable with.
We drove to Golden, BC, and stayed overnight. After a quick rest, and a morning meltdown from a short but opinionated girl, we managed on to the city of Medicine Hat. By the time we passed through Calgary, we were all quite excited to see, in person, the house we were moving in to. See, we hadn't actually seen it before committing to renting it. We saw some pics of it, the property manager sent us some lovely photos to look at, but we hadn't seen it in person.
We made it to the Hat, and were well pleased with the location, size and condition of the house. It seems to be a great fit for our family.
I say "seems" to be, because early Monday morning I had to return to Surrey, with aforementioned truck, and I haven't been there to find out first hand.
I am back in Surrey now, a week later, studying like crazy and awaiting my licensing exam. It takes place next Friday, and by the grace of God I will pass, get my BC paramedic license, and return to Medicine Hat to be with my wife & kids.
From there, I will need to quickly find a job to pay the bills until I can register with the Alberta College of Paramedics, and get hired on as an EMT there. I know, it seems like a weird process to get a BC license and then move, but this is the way God has it planned for us.
As I am getting the pieces in place to work as an EMT, we will be involved in helping start up the Grasslands Church, in the Hat. No, I won't be a pastor, just one of the families involved in starting up this much needed church in a city of dying churches.
Until then, it's one more week of studying, working, and maybe a quick men's retreat with the Cedar Grove church to refresh my soul before continuing on with this epic journey our family is now taking part in.