"Choose faith over doubt, choose faith over fear, choose faith over the unknown and the unseen, and choose faith over pessimism."
-Richard C. Edgley
First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric
First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric
2010 has been a challenging year for our family. It has been full of change, growth and new experiences. Moving to Texas required a lot of faith on our part. It was a sacrifice we were willing to make and has brought forth many blessings in our lives. It has been hard, but we really have loved every minute of living here. We have a fabulous ward, great neighbors, our kids have great friends and go to great schools. There is no doubt in my mind that the choice we made to move here was inspired and has changed our lives for good.
Having said that, the past few months we have been faced with a lot of tough decisions. Our renters in Provo decided to move out early, which immediately put Travis and I into "stress" mode. We made a quick trip to Utah to check out the state of our house and then decided to put it up for sale instead of finding new renters. With the state of the economy and the housing market, we haven't had much luck. We love our house there, and can't stand to see it be sold for LOTS less than we feel it's worth.
The whole situation has made us even more stressed, and I think both of us have had a constant stomach ache lately. Lots of prayers have been said, both in our family and on our behalf from our loving family members.
So, we have decided to take yet another leap of faith and move back to Utah. We are hoping that Travis will be able to do most of his work from home and will only have to travel occasionally.
We have shed a lot of tears, but in our hearts we know it is the right decision. We have all made such great friends here that are like family, and we are lucky enough to have family members close by that my heart aches to move away from them. BUT we feel so blessed to already know the area we are moving back to, and what great people are there. We are excited for our new adventure, yet again, and can't wait to see all of you Utahn's again in a few weeks!
10 comments:
You have definitely been on mind all day, in my prayers and fast! But however, in my own selfish way, we are thrilled to death to be able to see more of you and the whole little Fitch Clan! At the same time I totally see what a struggle and hard thing you are going thru! My prayers are with you guys today and always! We love you!
Oh... WHAT?! AH that just blew my mind. I am so excited for you guys. I had no idea... I guess I really am super out of it. I love you guys, and we are here for you always.
I know this has been super hard for you guys, and it has been so amazing for me to see the both of you as such examples of faith! I CAN'T WAIT!!! oops...am I allowed to be that excited?!?!
My prayers are with you guys! I am sure it has been so hard to figure out what to do. You and Travis have always been faithful and diligent and I know the Lord will bless you. Love ya!!
Love you guys and I cant imagine the struggle that has come with this decision! Can wait to see all of you though :)
WOW! We would love to have you guys move back. Thats great new on our end.
I am sure that this has been a tough decison for you guys. From experience I know it is tough to have a job that requires travel, as well as do your mom and dad. It sounds like you have really had some great family experiences there in Texas. On a selfish note it will be nice to see you once in awhile! Good luck with everything. I understand the housing market here for sure, people just want you to five your house away, thus we are still in our!
I am soooooo Happy, but in tears just reading your sweet post. We love you guys and know everything will work out great! Can't wait to see you again.... We told Mylie and she was soooooooooo excited for her cousies to come back to Utah!!!
It will be bitter sweet for you guys, I'm sure! But we are super excited to have you back. My kids were thrilled when I told them!
wow. that would be really hard!!! the back and the forth and the expense and the wondering what is the right thing. good luck! and hey, maybe now we can finally get our clans together for a big play date!
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