Kelly and I are starting on a really fantastic journey starting Friday, June 1. Thursday night, friends are coming over to help us load the U-Haul truck, and Friday evening, we get the keys to our new rental home in Albuquerque, officially making making us New Mexicans. We really enjoyed our Colorado experience and will miss it immensely. When you have a habbit of moving every two years or so, making good friends can be hard, so we feel especially blessed to have gotten to live life with the wonderful people we have worked, played, housed, and worshiped with over these past two years.
The next step brings with it it's own challenges, yet perhaps the rewards will be greater. We are embarking on a faith journey to be missionaries in Albuquerque. Exciting as it is, the transition has also been fraught with many obstacles. Up until about a week ago, we were unsure where we were going to live. Now, God has blessed us in helping us find a four bedroom home where we can have company over for dinner as well as to stay for the weekend (hint, hint). We can be comfortable there and so can our zoo. Neither of us have paying jobs waiting for us when we move to Albuquerque. There are some prospects for me (Kelly) yet nothing is for sure. I will be going to a training to work with an organization focused on children with attachement disorders on June 11th. They will be evaluating me while I am there to determine whether or not I am a good fit. I (Thomas) have accepted an internship at New City Christian Church, a 2 yo church plant, whose purpose is very missionally minded. They frequently reach out into their community in ways that I have never seen in another church setting. Both Kelly and I feel very lucky to be part of this church experience as we work together with New City to thoroughly church Albuquerque.
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Heading to the Desert,
Thomas & Kelly Waggoner
