On the way home for the first time!
We are on the flight and I still don’t feel as though we are really doing this. We are moving to Portland Oregon and we are totally depending on God to make it happen. It's been a little bit overwhelming at times but overall a very fun journey so far. The oddest thing has been the attention our move has gotten amongst those in our community. I didn't think our leap of faith warranted 2 news paper articles and a television news interview. Most people get a party and some cards and off you go, but not the Morgans.
I think, for the most part, people are interested in our big move because it seems like something you'd read about in someone's success story. You can just imagine the person saying, "I just up and quit my job and dived all in and that's how this empire started." But since we live in a modern social media era you don't have to wait for the book because it's all real time and live in front of you. People want to have a someone to cheer on and inspire them and we are not the typical people that qualify for the drop everything and move package. We have kids and had great jobs that we loved. The drop everything package is typically for the restless 20 something with no wife and kids and a dream he has to get out. Honestly, it's not our nature to do this but from what we know about God, it's definitely God's nature, so we are down for the ride.
This new beginning is not just for Regina and me, it's big for all four of our children. 3 of the 4 got on a plane for the very first time today! During the take off the oldest grabbed my hand and squeezed it like she was a baby holding on to my finger for the first time. The youngest daughter hunched over Regina's shoulder and covered her eyes. Mean while our youngest boy was unphased and captured the take off experience on his phone. This was one of those boys will be boys and girls will be girls moments. Despite all the attitudes and acting grown, they are all still kids at heart. I like the fact that for the first time we are all kinda scared and grabbing on to Daddies' hand as a family.
I feel I have to say thank you to everyone for all the support and interest in our journey. It would be unjust if I tried to name all of you that are praying for us and have been. I really can honestly say that we are not alone in this journey! We Love each and every one of you and I pray that we help build up the Kingdom of God in a manner that makes you all proud to serve the same God we serve. The newspaper stories and news clip on our move came as a total surprise but have already helped open up doors in Portland that I could not have opened. God is really up to something special! 
Saying goodbye is never easy, but when you are saying hello to something new, it makes it a lot easier. Our change deserves to be greeted with a smile; a smile that is hard to deny when thinking of the many possibilities that will have to graduate into potency.
Sometimes, we can feel as if we have a very limited time to get it all done; only a limited time to pour it all out and leave it here. But remember, it's His kingdom come and His will that will be done while we are still here on Earth. He has our daily bread today. God will provide what's needed to do what is next.
So the question of every day is, what's next? What will I smile at next? More importantly, will you be smiling with me too?
Here are the links to the stories I spoke of in this blog entry:
https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/faith-tpd-chaplain-resigns-move-whitest-city-america/
http://www.tulsaworldtv.com/Tulsa-Police-Chaplain-Andru-Morgan-is-leaving-Tulsa-for-Portland-Or-32816767
http://ktul.com/news/local/beloved-community-leader-police-chaplain-looking-forward-to-new-adventure
