Loving Lake Powell

This by far was my favorite campground in our entire trip. We stayed at Lake Powell - Wahweap Campground. Our RV site was big and spacious with lots of room for the girls to run around, ride their bikes and scooters. The entire campground was clean and we had a view of the lake. There was fire pit and the best part was that it was quiet and relaxing just sitting outside. You could even see the jack rabbits hopping around the campground and hear the coyotes at night. Loved this spot and so glad that we spent 4 nights here. The best part of this location was how decently close everything was. From this location, we were able to visit Horseshoe Bend, take tours of Antelope Canyon, take the tour of the Carl Hayden Dam, go into the town of Page for groceries and to eat, 2 hour drive to Monument Valley, and much more that we didn’t realize was so close to us until we left.  We met a family who we met at our Zion RV resort and just happened to stay at Lake Powell too at the same time we were!. They told us they rented a boat in Lake Powell and that you could drive the boat yourself to wherever you wanted to go. How cool is that? 

Lake Powell gave us a lot of time to just really sit and relax and hangout as a family. I just loved sitting outside in the sun and looking at the view of the lake. The girls loved going down to the beach and playing in the sand and water. The most epic thing at this campsite was the moon rising behind Navajo Mountain in the distance. It was literally an epic moment and experience to see it. We were just in awe of what we were seeing. Truly an amazing experience to see the moon so big, full, and glorious rising slowly from behind Navajo Mountain. The colors and the glow of the moon, I can’t even begin to describe the majestic nature of it. It was just epic. Here’s a short video of the moon beginning to rise. 

 I am so thankful for these majestic moments out here because it’s such a great reminder of how blessed we are to live in His creation and that God has created all of this for us to enjoy and be reminded of how majestic He is. I can’t say that enough because it’s a good reminder for me to be thankful for the life He has blessed me with despite whatever trials and tribulations that life is thrown my way.

Lent Season in God’s creation

Lent season has started and I found it very fitting that the Sunday before we departed from home on our journey that Pastor Brad spoke about preparing ourselves during this season of Lent. Our journey for us has just begun and we have been away from the comforts of our Silicon Valley home for a full week now. It has been hard to slow down, be in the present, be at peace, and to really soak it all in when you’ve been running at such a fast pace for so long. A lot has happened for our family to be at this point in this season of our lives. God has truly led us to where we are today.

As fun as it is for me to post pictures, blog and write little snippets about our experiences and adventures we have had so far, this journey is so much more than an experience. So, if you have a few minutes or so, I’ll be sharing with you about how our little family got here and why we are on this journey in this season of our life.

Over the past few years, Dave and I have experienced the following as a family and as individuals: loss of loved ones due to cancer or health issues, personal struggles that we individually battle with, and the stress/busyness of living in Silicon Valley. Through all of this, we have been asking ourselves why is that God has placed us in these experiences of loss/grief, personal struggles, and the busyness/stress of living in the Bay. Thus, it has been a journey for both of us in listening for God’s voice in our lives and to listen with discernment through the prayers and words of our community of family and friends. So as we are in the season of Lent, we are leaning into slowing down in order to hear God’s voice more clearly in our lives; searching for His voice for healing, restoration, and what He is leading us into. Therefore, God has led us into this journey of leaving our “day-to-day” life to be in the midst of His creation so that we may be able to center ourselves, be filled, and be more deeply rooted in our faith in God. And so, it is very fitting that during this Lent season, we are giving up our comforts of our Silicon Valley home to take up living simply as a family together in the midst of God’s creation so that we may be able to hear His voice and let Him lead us into the next season of life, whatever that may be. We are living and traveling with open hearts and open hands. Thus, we are embracing our life journey that God is leading us on. 

And so the journey begins..

Hello everyone! Welcome to our new blog "Embracing our Life Journey"! Thanks for subscribing and joining us here as we share with you this new season that our family is in. For now, I'll give a short summary as to what The Auyeung Family is up to right now. We are traveling for the next month to see the wonderful beauty of God's creation. We are road-tripping it with our trusty Odyssey van and our new travel trailer which our girls named "Chopstick". There is so much more to this story of how we got to this point which I will share later in another blog post. But for now, feel free to subscribe to our blog for updates! We will also be posting short snippets on our new Instagram account @embracingourlifejourney. Come join us as we embrace this new season of our life journey that God has been unfolding for us.

Trusty Odyssey towing our trailer "Chopstick"