Area Clearance

Well this is all proving be be very complicated.  We got area clearance this morning, but now we need port of call clearance.  TMO is scheduled to come on the 4th (for advanced shipment), 5th (for our main shipment), and 6th (for storage items).  Don't ask me why all our stuff can't be packed and divided up in one day...maybe because that is all too logical and "civilianized" (I know it's not a word, but it should be!).  So as it stands Kyle will stay behind and join us in Hawaii on the 7th.  Lord willing we will be granted our request for circuitous travel and will be able to leave from there to Okinawa as planned.  If not, we may have to fly to Seattle, and leave for Okinawa from there.  It makes absolutely no sense to do it that way though.  That would be a lot of flying, and our sweet Miss is just starting to come down with a head cold, so I'm praying we don't have to do it that way. This all feels so overwhelming, and illogically insane, and this whole experience has been so NOT what we wanted or planned.  Beginning with the orders we didn't want, to this chaotic disorganized last minute move. I guess that our challenge, then, is to accept all that is coming "at" us with strength, grace, and a happy trusting heart.  This is of course easier said then done.  But I'm beginning to realize "blooming where you're planted" isn't just what God wants when your life is stable and you aren't moving.  It's an everyday choice, a willingness to thrive and glorify God no matter what insanity is going on.  I keep having to remind myself of all the things I have to be thankful for.  We are all healthy, and moving as a family.  Everything else is,at the end of the day, not so vastly important.  However that being said, prayers for the rest of our plans to be smoother, and more according to what we anticipated would be great. :)