The Blessings of a New Home
Christina and I have been here for three weeks now, and the
Lord has been pouring on blessing after blessing since we arrived. After a whirlwind tour of houses and
townhomes in the first few days, we found an amazing house that was everything we
were looking for – great space, perfect location (which includes an incredible
view of Pike’s Peak from our backyard!), not to mention an awesome
landlord. He was more than willing
to work with us on the price, and even held the house for us when someone else
came in with a better offer! Such
a blessing!
Needless to say, we were more than happy to sign a year
lease, which may not seem like a long time, but considering the longest we’ve
ever been in one consecutive house was our first place in Philly, which was
only nine months. This lack of
stability has been really tough for both of us to deal with for this long, so
knowing that we’ll be in one place – one home – is such a huge comfort.
Finally, the community that we’ve come into has been yet
another amazing blessing from the Lord that we’re treasuring. There are a number of other couples
that are here as well that we’re already beginning to form some strong bonds
with. There’s a desire amongst all
of us to truly see the Kingdom come and it’s been really exciting to start down
this road already with them.
We still feel like the Lord is calling us to rest until the
end of March, which means that we’re still depending on support through that
time. We’re really close to
reaching that mark, but still need about $2000 to be fully supported for the
next six weeks. We’ve been
astounded that, even in these tough economic times, God has continued to prove
Himself faithful in this area, and we’re confident He will not stop now. If you’d like to support us, either
financially or in prayer (or both!), click the link on the left side of the
page and you can do it online.
It has been clear from the beginning that the Lord has led
us here and we are so thrilled that He has! We are sure that when our time here is up, we will have
written about testimony upon testimony of God’s goodness and faithfulness, so
stay tuned!
SO good to get these updates on you! I think of you often and am soo glad to see the Lord providing so well for you! What a comfort to have found the perfect place to establish your “dwelling place” and create a home for your precious family. It was soo awesome of you to call Larry on his birthday! Thanks for all your love. I sorely wish we could help you in your support right now, but alas we ourselves are still on that journey. If you decide to go on another mission after 2012 I give you my firm committment that you can count on us for support! We love you, and long for the opportunity to rewith you again!
Much love,
Prairie
Awesome!
I’ll be praying for you both as you adjust to life back here in the States. So glad you have a place to live. That makes life so much easier. Now you can use all those wedding gifts, right?
Love to you both.
Karen