Yes, it’s true. It’s sudden and it is happening quickly.
We believe this is God’s plan for this time in our lives. Our own human plans would have been completely different.
There’s a saying in Chinese – 人算不如天算 – it means human plans can not compare to God’s plans.
Our own human plans would have been to stay in Switzerland till retirement or at least for a few more years. But God dropped the offer of a new job for my husband into our laps. We prayed about it and told God that if this is His Plan, things would have to happen smoothly and quickly. And it has.
So we will be moving from Switzerland to Singapore.
We are sad about leaving Switzerland. We arrived more than two decades ago, newlyweds. Here is where we grew into a family of three, wonderfully supported by a beautiful church family and have made some wonderful friends both in our working lives and privately.
My emotions have been all over the place since we had confirmation that this is happening. But I have been focusing on the practical things we need to do, sorting, packing, giving things away, selling other stuff, looking into shipping the stuff we wanna bring with, the sale of our apartment and other paperwork such as what we need to bring Lexi, our Schnauzer with us etc.
But now it feels more real because some of the practical things have been worked through. Now I feel more ready to face my feelings about this move. And honestly, I think if it were just a human decision, I would be hmming and ahhing about this. But I know, in my heart of hearts, this IS God’s plan for us, so while my heart aches to be leaving somewhere I consider home, I know God is with us. Also, we are moving back home, even if I have changed and grown over time and am not the same person who left all those years ago, even though for me, I am not sure what my role would be when I get back to Singapore, we have loving family and friends we are returning to.
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