A Time To Die

My first Texas morning sunrise

Since coming to the land here in Texas I find myself in quite a different situation. I do not awake each morning to get ready for work and leave the house by 5:30 in order to be at work by 5:45. The day here on the land can be early but waking up is for very different reasons.

We have been here for about 3 weeks now and my mind is trying to uncolonize my role. When back in Egypt I shared the process of bringing home the bacon so to speak. My day was filled up with work, house cleaning and more work. Now I find myself having to rethink things. My duties have changed as well as my role. I am no longer the bread winner. I no longer have any responsibilities to outside work. Only to my husband and my home and land.

Now I no longer can think like I used to. My time  has to be spent on more productive things. Transitioning ones thoughts to a different and Godly way of life can be a bit overwhelming. sometimes I just have to sit a while and focus my thoughts. It can be difficult at times as the old nature whats to rear its ugly rebellious head and complain. I think that is why it is so important to take the time to read the word and get back into the will of God.

I must say my first month here has been a busy one and a real eye opener. I can say that I don’t mind this way of life at all and it come pretty naturally as I was raised in a quite similar way. But trying to keep the outside influences out that have been my way of life for so long is a challenge. I know with the Lord’s help and my leaning not on my own understanding will keep me focused.

Learning to be a different kind of helpmeet, a role that God ordained from the beginning for women, will be a blessed one, once I daily let go of how I used to think. My role is to be one of God first then my husband. I am here to serve him and his needs. I was made for him according to Genisis. Daily dying to the old way of thinking, the worldly way of thinking that has created feminism, made women walk away from such an important and blessed role, will make me into the women that God created for me to be from the beginning of time!

I am enjoying my new environment, my new way of life. I pray that God will continue to cleanse my mind of its worldly way of thinking and allow me the joy of being a proper help meet.

Here are a few pics of my first hand wash and our rv… as well as we experienced our first major storm, it lasted almost 12 hrs, which I heard was unusual. I thank the Lord for the precious water that he provided as well as the safety and protection he gave us during the storm. I found out when it rains it pours……..!

Blessings Debylin

Lotsa Pics Of My Trip

First a some pics of Oregon

Pics of California

Now for a few pics of Arizona. We stayed here for a few days to visit my husbands sister and niece.

New Mexico

Texas

Well this was a brief look into our journey to Texas. This trip was a faith building time, a time to trust God a time to think upon the truth that has brought me thus far.

Blessings to those who have ears to hear and eyes to see the truth.

Debylin

Woo hoo Texas

Well we finally made it to Texas!!!  We are now in Pecos. We still have a few hrs to go as you know and if you don’t know,Texas is a mighty big state. We left Arizona this morning at 11:ooam and made it to Pecos by 11:30pm. We drove for 10 and a half hrs. If you think that doesn’t add up well you we had to add 2 hrs for the time difference.  We didn’t have to much trouble this time except for having to pull over in New Mexico (rush hr traffic) as the stop and go was not agreeing with the radiator. Other then that it was smooth hot sailing. I must say though that the weather has been pretty good thus far. We hit 41 Celsius only once in Arizona and it was brief!

We should arrive at our destination around 12:oo or 1:oo Lord willing. I am so looking forward to getting to Santa Anna! It is supposed to be a hot one tomorrow! But Praise the Lord He has been with us every step of this journey and taken care of our vehicle and Us!

Blessings Debylin

Visiting in Arizona

 

Well we made it to Arizona! With a van full and stuff on top is sure was scary at times trying to climb up the summits. We had to stop a few times and allow the van to cool down. But we are here and are getting a new exhausted system installed in the van. This will make a huge difference! It was also 450 dollars cheaper then in Abbotsford. We praise God that he has gone before us and continues to watch over us! We will be leaving here soon but for now are enjoying visiting my husbands sister and niece. It has been a while since He has seen her and the first time for me. The weather has been very good! I had never been to Arizona before and it has been interesting to see the different landscape. We also visited Tuson studios where many movies (mostly westerns) have been made. I am looking forward reaching our final destination (TEXAS).

 

Blessings Debylin

Welcome to Oregon

Pic of the grapevine pass

Well we hit the trail yesterday! I flew to Portland Oregon and my husband drove.  I arrived about 1:20 and my husband didn’t arrive until 11:30 that evening. He had some things happen to him along the way which made his trip longer then normal. Hint! When traveling and if you so happen to have anything on top of your vehicle, make sure you have it tarped down! He had a tub, a tub full of MY CLOTHES fall off and land in the middle of a major highway! It took him a while to get them as traffic at this point was bad! He then was confronted with a police officer who could have fined him, Praise the Lord she didn’t, and told him that if you have anything on top of a vehicle no matter how good you have it tied down, it had to be tarped.  So this lead him to find a mall inorder to find a tarp, which lead him to find food as it had been a very long day so far. I had heard from him at 3:30 when this had all taken place and then didn’t hear from him at all until I saw him at 11:30 in the evening.  I was concerned most of the evening and prayed alot! We also have brethern who are lovingly praying for us, which we appreciate very much! So this is where we are at at this point.  We will spend a few days here and then be moving on.

P.S  Will be interesting in seeing how many of my clothes have tire tracks!

Until we meet again…. Blessings Debylin