Presently in Chaos and Stress (PCS)

A few years ago a dear friend of mine wrote a blog for me and used the title "Presently in Chaos and Stress" and I at this point in our lives, that title is completely fitting.

After only nine short years it is time for us to say good-bye to our current duty station and move on to our next duty station. On one hand it is hard to believe we have been here nine years, but then again it feels like we have been here forever. We are comfortable. We own a home, our kids have a great network of friends, the parental units have a great network of friends and jobs we both enjoy. Comfortable is not somewhere I ever thought I would be. At least not until we retired and built a forever home. After all, this is the military and anything can change a moments notice.

When my husband left the unit and took a job that only required the occasional TDY trip, we became extremely comfortable with our day to day life. We enjoyed weekends, friends, hanging in the driveway with the neighbors, watching our children grow and change, and I have enjoyed that my children have had a little stability in their lives. Our oldest daughter attended 3 first grades, so a little stability was a welcomed change from constantly moving.

Finding a Church Home

One of the things we have struggled with most as we move from duty station to duty station is finding a church home. We had a church that we LOVED in Texas. I worked at the preschool there, we had great friends, an awesome bible study, a great experience all around. We would have outings with our Sunday school class, parent's night out and our kids loved it there which made it even better for us.

When we moved from Texas to KY we struggled to find a church. We found Olivet Baptist Church and were happy for the most part. The people at Olivet loved on my kids, were nice to us(we made some great friends there also) and we love Bro. Brandt the preacher. But something still felt like it was missing.

Since we left Texas I feel like I have been looking for a church that would meet our needs and we would be able to give back like we did in Texas. I've come up short in our search. It seems we would find a great worship experience but then we'd have to find another bible study class. We are finding that more churches are going to a small group experience that tend to meet during the week than a traditional Sunday school. Now I find myself with two tweens and two teenagers so committing to another activity during the week mentally wears me out. Call me crazy but some nights I like to just sit and veg at the house with my family. I find that if I am over scheduled I don't get the most out of anything we are committed to. I constantly watch the clock waiting for the designated hour so I can leave and go home.