THE AGONY AND THE ECSTACY

I am not sure if I should call this post "The Agony and the Ecstacy" or "From Anticipation to Delaflation"...for months we have been so excited to arrive in Mission, Texas, in the heart of the Rio Grande Valley.  I did so much research and looked and so many pictures and talked to numerous people.  Well, when we finally arrived yesterday after 18 days and 2,000 miles we were sorely disappointed to say the least.  The green grass is now dirt (no rain since March), the location not in the best part of town, and the spaces too small for our big camper.  I was fighting back tears, and losing the fight.  Despite all of the kind reviews online, it did not live up to our expectations at all.....the owners, however, were amazing.  After I agonized about how to tell them that we did not care for the park and how I was going to tell them that we did not want to say, they did it for us.  They said that they could tell that we were disappointed and would understand if we did not want to follow through with the job.....they were SO kind and understanding.  We all agreed that it would not be the best place for us and they helped us to set up our camper for a few nights until we made up our minds what we were going to do.  I know that they had to be let down, but they handled it with such grace.

Last night I went to bed feeling so low, not knowing just what we were going to do.  Head for home?  Look for another spot...oh, what to do?  But I prayed that God would provide us with something, as He always does. 

Tom talked to his friend on the phone who is also a workkamper and he recommended that we go online and see if there were any other jobs in the area.  So we did.  And there was one advertised just 20 miles down the road at an incredibly beautiful resort.  But it was SO beautiful that it was too good to be true.  So I emailed and asked them if their positions had been filled and to please call me in the morning.

Well, they did.  So we put our happy faces on and took the drive.  When we drove up our mouths were hanging open.  It was spectacular.  It was an RV resort like none other.  In fact in was voted the number one resort in Texas last year.  We met a wonderful woman who gave us an hour long tour and described the positions that she had available.  I am not going to spend a lot of time describing it to you, I am just giving you the website so that you can see for yourself.

Tom and I are going to split a 25 hour work week, 12 1/2 hours each.  Our only responsibility is to clean the laundry and shower room building 3 days a week.  We start at 6 and will be done at 9, which is even less that 25 hours.  And we have 4 days off a week and 7 days from 9:00 AM on to do our exploring and visiting and a trip home around Christmas.  We are so elated we cannot tell you.  There is an awesome woodworking shop, pool room, banquet room, onsite restaurant, weekly dances, book clubs and so much more it is just amazing.  I am flying high.  Oh, there is even a swimming pool in the shape of the state of Texas!

We move into the park on Thursday and start our jobs next week.  We finish on March 31.  Also, we not only get free lot rent, but electric, water, sewage, satellite TV and access to most of the activities.

Here is the website:  www.VICTORIAPALMS.com    Be sure to click on the video...

And we are 20 miles closer to South Padre Island.

Well, I have gone on long enough.  I will provide pictures on Thursday night.

For now......all I can say is God is good, He closed one door and opened a better one!  So like God!