Welcome everyone.
We're getting out. Jennifer, Clint and Maia Porritt have officially hit the road and this is a travel-blog of our family's escape from the big city.
Many of you have asked what’s next in our lives—the answer to which is “currently nothing”. Lately we’ve reflected on how our busy and cluttered lives have been at odds with the way of Jesus—too many distractions and way too much stuff. Therefore, we are planning to take a much needed rest from the busyness of life-in-general.
For an undetermined amount of time we are unplugging our lives here in Edmonton and taking to the open road for a period of Sabbath. We’ve sold our home, paid off our debts and re-tired the van. We plan to meander like hippies across Canada—first east, then west—stopping to site-see and people-watch, to camp in many beautiful places and to catch-up with scattered friends and family along the route. We are not leaving Edmonton permanently—at some point, perhaps in the fall, we will return to Edmonton and prepare for whatever adventure God has next in store for us. Until then, we’ll rest.
We expect that approximately half of you may think we’re completely crazy, while perhaps the other half will be almost convinced that maybe you too need a Sabbath. Whatever you’re thinking on the matter we are confident that your thoughts and prayers will go with us wherever we may wander.
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
It should not be surprise to anyone who truly knows us that today was a slow escape from the city. In one sense we were reluctant to hit the road once more—however once we left the city, it felt kinda normal and good. Maia has racked up an interesting playlist of rock and roll travel songs that we rotate through regularly—a good ol’ family sing along that always leaves us laughing. Maia has also taken a real interest in stories from our childhood throughout our summer trek, so a stop-over in small town Three Hills, Alberta, where I spent nine years of my childhood, is in the travel plans for tomorrow. Tonight we set up camp at a provincial park near Mirror only to discover our inflatable mattress has developed a lump—ahhhh, home sweet home.
