Back in the City

For the past almost 4 years, we have lived in a rural community. Actually, we live in a rural "suburb" (I think that's an oxymoron) of a small town. We live in an area known as "Cheraw." But we don't actually live in Cheraw--which is about 1/2 mile square--We live about a mile and a half from the center of Cheraw. I understand that at one time Cheraw had a store, a bank, a gas station, a golf course, etc. Now it just has a cafe and post office and school. So if you stop to think about we live outside, in a rural area, of a rural "suburb" of a small town. The small town of La Junta, which is about 3 miles square, is about 10 miles south of us. And we have gotten accustomed to our 4.5 acres of open space.
But we also miss the advantages of living in the city. Our small town of La Junta has some features of city life--a chain grocery store, several chain "fast-food" restaurants, a Wal-Mart, a hospital, a community college, etc. But it doesn't have a mall with major dept. stores, a major big-box hardware store (like Home Depot), nice big name restaurants, etc. The closest city with some of those features is over an hour away.
So when we come to So Cal it is like "Candyland" to us. All the major stores and restaurants within a 5 minute drive of us! So much to choose from and so little time! But with the convenience also comes the crowdedness of the city. We want to have all the stuff and still enjoy our space. I guess you can't have it both ways.
We are wondering where God will move us next? Will it be to a rural area of a small town? a small city? the middle of the real suburbs? Wherever it is, we know that God will give us the grace to handle wherever He puts us. We are still waiting 'patiently.' (Okay, sometimes not so patiently.) And we look forward to what God has in store for us in 2008!