Progress is being made on the house. Yesterday the guys came out to raise our roof a foot (it was 7 ft.). What a process!! They continue working today. We're praying and trusting God protects them. This job has been done before but it's unusual. Some may call us crazy, but we don't think so. God provided this house through much prayer and very inexpensively. We are putting some $ into "re-doing" it, but what we're contributing is so minimal to what we could've paid buying a "move-in ready" home and quite truthfully, there aren't any homes in this area (in our price range) that are "move-in ready." The labor is mostly being done by us. We so desire to be good stewards of all God has provided.
In today's culture people are accustomed to purchasing a "move-in" ready home and taking out a loan for it. Many years ago, it was more common for families to build their own home. That's just how it was done. Neither avenue is wrong. We're just taking the "old" route I guess.
Time tends to be a major factor people don't build or remodel much. We freely admit our time has been crunched lately. Daytimes are spent at Camp involved in ministry there. Evenings off are spent working on the house. Day's off are spent working on the house. But without kids yet, it's a feasible task. And one that Jason's enjoying. He's also enjoying the "man-time" with others who have so graciously sacrificed their time.
I will post more pictures soon. It'll be interesting to hear your reactions :)
Once we're moved out in 2 weeks, the stress will majorly lighten.
Wednesday 21 March 2012
Monday 19 March 2012
3/19/2012
Oh wow, my blog is getting away from me. Really, TIME is getting away from me. It's not easy for me to remember to update this thing. A lot has happened since the last post. I typed it in the middle of my dad's crisis. God is so faithful and good. His plan is perfect. The day my dad had to leave his house, he got a full time job!! And it's such a great job for him. We made it over that bump in the road. Onto the next!
Since then we've been so busy here at Camp, we bought a house (God's provision), we're revamping it, and needing to move out of our current rental home in a couple weeks. Whew! A lot to take in. Each morning I wake up, "Okay, craziness again. Prep yourself Spring!" Next week all the staff here are headed to Camp's staff retreat at Fort Wilderness. This will be 3+ REFRESHING days of fellowship and meetings surrounding the ministry here. I'm so looking forward to it. Then Jason's parents are coming to visit the week before we have to be out of our current rental home on April 6th. I hope they're ready to jump on the craziness wagon with us! We'll appreciate their help with the house and packing.
Today my agenda is... enter camper registrations & get caught up here in the office, then grab some boxes and get a-packin! Maybe I'll walk over to the new house to help Jason sometime after 5pm. Packing is never a fun job. It's especially a downer when you're trying to shift through your stuff and someone elses. The job becomes more time consuming and feels less productive no matter how much you accomplish. Jason's job is the new house, mine is to pack the old :)
Something I'm thankful for today? My health. Our health! Each day I wake up and I'm able to breathe and live comfortably. I don't take this for granted. Any day it could be taken away- I have zero control over my health. But how can I use what I've been given for God's glory? This is the question I will continually ask myself. This is the question I ask myself today.
Since then we've been so busy here at Camp, we bought a house (God's provision), we're revamping it, and needing to move out of our current rental home in a couple weeks. Whew! A lot to take in. Each morning I wake up, "Okay, craziness again. Prep yourself Spring!" Next week all the staff here are headed to Camp's staff retreat at Fort Wilderness. This will be 3+ REFRESHING days of fellowship and meetings surrounding the ministry here. I'm so looking forward to it. Then Jason's parents are coming to visit the week before we have to be out of our current rental home on April 6th. I hope they're ready to jump on the craziness wagon with us! We'll appreciate their help with the house and packing.
Today my agenda is... enter camper registrations & get caught up here in the office, then grab some boxes and get a-packin! Maybe I'll walk over to the new house to help Jason sometime after 5pm. Packing is never a fun job. It's especially a downer when you're trying to shift through your stuff and someone elses. The job becomes more time consuming and feels less productive no matter how much you accomplish. Jason's job is the new house, mine is to pack the old :)
Something I'm thankful for today? My health. Our health! Each day I wake up and I'm able to breathe and live comfortably. I don't take this for granted. Any day it could be taken away- I have zero control over my health. But how can I use what I've been given for God's glory? This is the question I will continually ask myself. This is the question I ask myself today.
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