A year down under
It's been a year since we moved down under. We moved here 28th of May 2016. At that time, I've had this mixed emotion of sadness, happiness, worry and excitement.
I was happy and because we've been waiting for this, and it will be a great journey most specially for the kids. We are excited to explore the vast land it has to offer. Plus, coming from a tropical country, excited to feel the cold weather and the 4 seasons! I was sad to leave my friends behind and my colleagues, and my work. It was the first time I will be jobless and will focus on the kids and the family. I am so worried of what will happen with our future, thinking if this is really the right thing to do, what if we are just confused? Things like that keeps running through my mind.
Thanks be to God for giving me peace of mind and assuring me that wherever we may go He will take care of us. I am holding on to His promise, "I will never leave you nor forsake you" and our family's verse Jer. 29:11 " For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord. "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and future".
It was a struggle because, Filipinos are minority here, and very minimal. Mostly caucasians, chinese, and vietnamese are present here.We struggle finding friends, finding church. I struggle commuting for 6 months to my son's school with 2 toddlers with me. Braving the cold weather, the heat, the rain, or whatever weather we expect to have in a day. Thank God for passing our driver's license test. It was convenient afterwards.. We still have struggles here and there. As human, I still worry at times of the unknown future awaiting us. We are no longer that young and it is so hard to go back from scratch if we can't get residency here. But still we just trust the Lord. Everything by faith.
Thanks be to God.. praying for us to stay here permanently, we've grown to love this country.
I was happy and because we've been waiting for this, and it will be a great journey most specially for the kids. We are excited to explore the vast land it has to offer. Plus, coming from a tropical country, excited to feel the cold weather and the 4 seasons! I was sad to leave my friends behind and my colleagues, and my work. It was the first time I will be jobless and will focus on the kids and the family. I am so worried of what will happen with our future, thinking if this is really the right thing to do, what if we are just confused? Things like that keeps running through my mind.
Thanks be to God for giving me peace of mind and assuring me that wherever we may go He will take care of us. I am holding on to His promise, "I will never leave you nor forsake you" and our family's verse Jer. 29:11 " For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord. "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and future".
It was a struggle because, Filipinos are minority here, and very minimal. Mostly caucasians, chinese, and vietnamese are present here.We struggle finding friends, finding church. I struggle commuting for 6 months to my son's school with 2 toddlers with me. Braving the cold weather, the heat, the rain, or whatever weather we expect to have in a day. Thank God for passing our driver's license test. It was convenient afterwards.. We still have struggles here and there. As human, I still worry at times of the unknown future awaiting us. We are no longer that young and it is so hard to go back from scratch if we can't get residency here. But still we just trust the Lord. Everything by faith.
Thanks be to God.. praying for us to stay here permanently, we've grown to love this country.
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