so…it has been a week without internet on my phone. and seriously, it hasn’t buzzed in over two days. i think i am past the original withdrawal/pity-party stage of “nobody loves me” because evidently my self-worth was tied up in how many times my phone pinged me a day…

we also don’t have internet at home. or laptops at the moment. and i really don’t feel like hauling our iMac down to our nearest wifi provider…

fortunately, someone named “linksys” occasionally pops up in our airport and we can get online. but it’s not always there…so i can’t guarantee how much i’ll be online this week…

our internet guy will be coming out at the same time we are moving in on saturday (which, if you live in nashville and want to help, email me — anne @ flowerdust . net) so hopefully that will bring some consistency back to my online social interaction.

back to packing…and to get valium for our cats. seriously. that’s what they drug your cats with for road trips. anyone ever done that?

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