For those of you who have been praying, encouraging and enduring with me, and for those of you who have been waiting for an update:
I have one for you.
First, I want to thank you all so much for everything:
every hug, every prayer, every word of encouragement, and especially, every reminder of truth.
I cannot express enough or adequately how grateful I am.
Most importantly, I want everyone to know that all of this shows the power of the church and its support of those in its family: we serve, support and love each other because of Christ, to honor Christ and in obedience to Christ.
And it is ONLY by God's mercy and grace that I am here now.
It's part of His plan.
This all has been a miracle.
Okay, so here's the sitch.
In 24 hours, not only did we find a house and look at it, but all of the roommates met each other, decided, and jumped a huge leap of faith (very high and very far) to now rent a house that we didn't know existed, let alone was for rent. This house is completely beautiful and exceeds our expectations.
(We are renting a HOUSE, friends!!!)
But, that is not all, we finished wrapping up all the crazy details in time to move in about 24 hours later! Background checks, rental insurance, lease signing (with two girls out of town and at work!), utilities switched over to my name and THEN we had the keys.
Some guy friends helped my summer roommate and I move from the old house into the new one that Thursday right after I came back from signing over the utilities. Then, Friday some folks came over and helped me move out the last bit and clean the house.
Saturday, I drove by a dryer that had the sign reading "free" on it and had help from a family from church who then discovered that we now live close to each other.
*Phew.*
I don't write and say this to brag. I write this because it is a miracle. Maybe you think I am being melodramatic, and maybe I am! (It wouldn't be the first time, haha!) But, it normally takes about 2 weeks to do all of this: to meet, decide, view options, think it over, and do all the paperwork, calling and meeting. It is only possible because it was God's plan and because we had so much help, prayer and encouragement from so many. So, I write because I am thankful.
Before you go, here is the second part of the update:
I worked my last shift at the Lift Wellness Center last Friday, turned in my badge and confirmed that I will be nannying for a family that just moved here a couple weeks ago. I will also be doing some piano and voice lessons on the side.
This past week has been a manic one.
This has been a summer of learning to trust the Lord when things do work out and when they don't.
In both, He is faithful.
He will take care of us and love us in both.
And you and I both can bet on it, that I will learn it again soon.
So, when I doubt, please, remind me:
He loves us and takes care of us.
And we can always trust Him.
