Updates told as an analogy

For those of you who have been following the life and times of Tina and Joe, you are well aware of the long and windy road that we've been traveling down. In a recent blog post I went so far as to discuss this path and my hopes for it becoming straight within the near future. Well, we're there. We have finally made it to the straight portion of our drive. Our life has been like a trip to an amusement park traveling cross-country by car. Sometimes the road was rough and the path was unclear. Sometimes there were slow-downs due to highway construction or accidents on the path ahead of us. Other times there was fog and we couldn't even tell if we were still on the road, much less where the road was leading. But we've finally come to the place in the drive where we can see the peaks of the roller coasters on the horizon. We're still a decent distance from our destination but we can see it on the horizon and we know we'll be there soon. Once we arrive we are aware that the going will be sometimes exciting and sometimes scary. There will be ups and downs on our roller coaster life. We'll still face times of waiting that may seem longer than we want to wait. The roller coaster we get in may not always meet up to our expectations for speed or thrill. There will be times when we're ready go pack it up and go back home and there will be other times when we are more than ready to get back on the roller coaster for another ride. I'm excited by where the road is leading and I'm both scared and enthusiastic to start the adventure ahead. But the best news of all is that we finally know where we're headed and we can see it on the road in front of us at last. For those of you who have been praying for our "travels", THANK YOU. We appreciate your prayers, love and support more than you can possibly know. Once we make it to our destination and pile out of our car I'll update you in something more than an analogy. For now, please know that your prayers are being answered and we've got quite an adventure in store for us!