A Dumont Non-Update

It's past time for another update that's not really an update. So here's where we are. We are STILL waiting for official things to happen so that we can tell everyone what we're doing with our lives. Believe it or not, we actually do have a plan, and things really are  happening. The problem is that the things happening are not things I'm allowed to actually share publicly until they've finished happening.

Until things are officially settled, we are in...yes...I have to say it...Laurens, SC. Again. Temporarily. Again. We left Raleigh this past Saturday. We could have stayed until January, but I'll be honest. I was beyond done with the "are we moving this week or that week?" while Jon worked in South Carolina. So yes. I pulled the trigger, and I insisted on leaving in December before we had a permanent place to go. We've been spending this week with some amazing friends of ours that have graciously let us live in their guest apartment while I detox from the move and the last 3 months in general. Beginning next week, we'll be living in my parents' house (that they don't currently live in because...No) until all of the details of where we're going are settled.

Since...I don't know...I guess May or June ,things have definitely been tough in a lot of ways. We never imagined that Jon's job would turn into what it did, so that was hard. Then when we made the decision to jump ship, we really thought we'd be settled and back to normal by Christmas. Okay, I thought Thanksgiving. Since that obviously hasn't happened either, it's forced me to rethink some things that I assumed were true and dig a little deeper to see if I really believe all these things that I think I believe.

One of the most important things I've experienced is that the Church is actually alive and well. They did not let us fall apart when we couldn't trudge along anymore. We've had people that we know deeply and closely, complete strangers, new friends that barely knew my name in August, and old friends that we hadn't talked to in years all come together to not only offer us prayer and encouragement, but tangible things. Things like work. Childcare. Meals. Boxes for packing. Loading our moving truck. A place to stay. Things could have gone so differently and been so much harder if we'd had to handle all of this alone. But we didn't. They really were the hands and feet of Jesus for us, and it's been incredibly beautiful if humbling to experience.

So until we have official news, that's our update for December!

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