when the comments started rolling in yesterday morning for my post “we are moving from okc to nashville,” my first thought was, “that post goes out monday. is today monday? we’re still in kansas city. i am going to be so late for work!!” because i do not live by man’s calendar, oh no. i live by the calendar in which i have scheduled posts.

and my moving post=monday.

then i realized it was sunday.

then i realized, “oh crap. nobody reads my blog on sunday.”

and then i realized about 50 of you do.

(obviously, my 50 favorite readers, because if you read any blog on a sunday, it’s true love.)

(i love you, too.)

so anyway, a friend texts me and says, “i think that was pre-mature blogulation.”

and that was too funny not to share.

okay, so, in case you missed it yesterday as you flushed out your blog reader of choice without reading my post…

(i’ll get over it.)

we are moving to nashville.

in twenty-five days.

you can read more here.

now i have to go reschedule and fix the posts i have scheduled out…

because somebody thought there were only 30 days in may. or maybe it was 32.

June 27, 2003 - We got married.

June 27, 2008 - We are moving to Nashville.

Since we have been slowly leaking this information (work, family, friends)…I thought I’d try and answer most of the questions we have been getting…

Q: Didn’t you, like, just move to OKC?
A: Yes. Actually it will be six months to the day when we unload the moving truck in Nashville.

Q: Why are you moving so soon?
A: Why not? Actually, my husband has an amazing opportunity to do what he loves and earn a living doing it (film/music), and I have been praying for ways to support that. Be careful when you pray for something…about a month or so of praying about this, an opportunity fell in his lap, and we couldn’t say no. IT ROCKS TO SEE MY MAN PASSIONATE AND THRIVING!!!! Anyway, God has taken care of the rest in ways I could have never imagined.

Q: God’s taken care of the rest…what do you mean?
A: Like a place for us to serve and a place for me to use my gifts in an amazing local church (Cross Point Church in Nashville) with a great team of people (including these bloggers who I will be on staff with: Pete, Jenni, Pat, Chad, Matt, George, Jarrod. You also should check out these blogs: Brandi (Pete’s wife), Brian (He’s an elder) and LukeGiant Idiot (who’s a giant idiot), Kari, Jessica and Julie are also Cross Point peeps I have gotten to know!! )

Nashville also holds a bunch of welcoming friends…some who I have known since high school, others from the trip to Africa, and even more from our last few visits. I have no doubt this is the tribe I’ve written about in the past. We also found an incredible and insanely affordable place to live, exactly in the area we were hoping to live. And it all happened with perfect timing.

Q: So, what about LifeChurch.tv?
A: What can I say?? The last few months have been unreal and wonderful! Even though we have only lived here for six months, I’ve actually been working with Bobby and Terry for about a year. I never knew God could show me so much in such a short amount of time. I feel I should clarify (because unfortunately people typically assume there is something “more” going on that what meets this eye) There’s NO drama. NO scandal. Bobby didn’t throw chairs at me when I told him. We are honored to be walking away with their support, blessings and encouragement. We will miss everyone dearly. They have shaped and influenced us in so many ways. We are very excited and at the same time, not a day has gone by where I haven’t cried because we are really going to miss these amazing people.

SO THERE YOU HAVE IT!

I know we would both appreciate your prayers as we pack, say goodbye, and travel two days (June 27 and 28) to Nashville.

INVITATION TO PARTY!! (Or so I call it…) If you are in the Nashville area and want to help us unload (we don’t have a lot of stuff, I promise!) shoot me an email (anne [at] flowerdust [dot] net) and I will hook you up with the details.

I’ll share a little bit more this week some things we love about Cross Point Church and how everyone there has been an answer to our prayers as we have (quickly!) been put on a new and exciting journey!

ALWAYS HOPING!
Anne

so, i’ve been dealing with some stuff over the last few weeks that i haven’t really talked to too many people about. it started just a bit before africa, intensified while i was there, and has lingered around my heart since returning. los wrote a little bit about what he was experiencing tonight, so i figured, what the heck. i’ll share too.

i’m twenty-eight years old. i’ve moved thirty-two times. you can do the math. seven major school changes as a kid. and as an adult, in 2001 i left texas for kansas. in early 2006, i left kansas for texas. in late 2007, texas for oklahoma.

i know beyond a shadow of a doubt god has put chris and me here in oklahoma. no question. but, can i be completely raw with you? this has been the hardest move of my thirty-two. and there were some really difficult ones in there.

i’m not sure why. everyone here is great. we’ve been here almost two months, and we’ve had some really good times with people who have opened up their homes, kitchens, ears, and arms.

i think it really struck me watching the nashville group of bloggers that went on the africa trip interact and talk with each other (that sounds creepy…sorry, guys).

close friendships…those that develop over time. decades of time. and i can’t imagine having friends that close. it’s kind of hard when you’ve never lived somewhere for more than four years.

i know i keep referring to this post on finding my tribe, but i’ve yet to find a better way to express those longings.

intimate relationships terrify me.

but i am completely incomplete without them.

Chris and I are moving next Friday (February 8) between 1-5 pm (it’s the time we have the freight elevator reserved). We’re only moving a few blocks away, but we need some muscle!

We don’t have much furniture (we still haven’t received our couch and loveseat) and really probably around 50 or so boxes, so it really should only take a couple of hours.

If you can help, please email me here and I’ll send you directions!

We’ll provide food/snacks!

there is something really weird in the water here in OKC.

i’m not sure what it is, but it has completely reworked my DNA.

anne jackson circa 2008 has taken me by surprise. she is, kind of, dare i say (i shall) more confident? she is, kind of, dare i say (i shall) more outgoing?

she is.

anne jackson circa 2006 would have never waved wildly at a stranger who she *thinks* she recognizes from facebook…she would have never talked for fifteen minutes to the lady in the lobby of her apartment…

there are a bunch of other little things i have done over the last couple of weeks, and in the last couple of days in particular, that would never have gone through my head and now those things seem more comfortable, more a fit.

wow.

needless to say, the past two days as i get settled in my office at lifechurch.tv have been nothing short of incredible. i’ve so enjoyed finally getting to meet you all, and thank you for making me feel so at home. (and for fixing my email a million times).

i heart this place.

sorry things have been slow lately…i have some posts scheduled to go up this coming week, but it’s been a little crazy with the move. we’ve made it after hitting only a little traffic…are totally digging the new place (even though we are sans couch/loveseat for a while…)

anyway, here’s to the end of 2007…and the beginning of 2008. thank you all for being a part of this…you rock!

what’s your favorite flowerdust post of 2007?