Family Dinners and Floors

Simple House is going great!
We officially have ALL of our floors done! YAY!!!!!!!
It looks amazing, and it feels like a real home! We have started moving all the furniture to its rightful place.

We still need to finish some walls and paint the common areas, but praise God! We are so close to being "mostly done."
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We also have started having family dinners. They are a blast. It is so much fun to get everyone together after our crazy schedules, to just sit down and enjoy good food and fellowship. I made chicken and rice casserole (recipe from my grandmother) and chili at different points this week. Cooking for 10-12 is always fun! :)

Thank you so much for all the prayers. I don't know how we would be making it otherwise. God is so awesome! We also had someone give us a couch, loveseat and desk! What a blessing!! God is good.

FLOORS!!!!!

It is official. We now have floors! Wow. I bet none of you ever thanked God for carpet as your feet hit the floor in the morning, but yesterday, I certainly did. :)
They are finishing installing the carpet today, and our wood floors are almost complete. The tile is already done. The Lord is so faithful. And wow~ it is great to have floors.

Simple House is going great with 8 people now in the house. It is always an adventure. Right now, it is mostly working on the house, but I am looking forward to the day when we can kick back, and read/pray/study. :) yay!

I am constantly having flashbacks whenever I am standing in a room in the house back to when Adam and I first looked at the house. I see what it is now, and I remember what it was. God is amazing. He does the same for our lives. He makes it all new. We can look back and remember what we were and what He has now made us. The mercy of God. It reminds me of the line from a Misty Edwards song, "Hallelujah, Hallelujah, You make all things new, All things new..."

A Quick Update

Just to give a quick update.
Simple House was probably in one of the worst parts of town that Tropical Storm Fay hit.
We lost electricity (but bought a generator), therefore our water pump didn't work (because it ran on electricity). But we survived. Our field that used to be a pond years ago totally filled up!!! It actually filled up so much that we were concerned about it coming up to the house. But it stopped a few yards before the house. A couple of us washed our hair outside in the rain. It was freezing but fun! A tree fell on our dirt road blocking us in, but some help came to help us cut some of it down, giving us a way to get out. Saturday was filled with digging trenches, cutting up a tree, pumping water out of our basement, washing hair in the rain, using a generator to make baked spaghetti, and trying to keep from being bored.

So in conclusion, we have conquered Tropical Storm Fay. However, we still don't have electricity. It was fine when it was raining, but it is beginning to get hot! But we rejoice in all situations. :)

Certified Letter

Yesterday, Adam and I checked the mail when we got home. We recieved a notice from the post office that we had a certified letter to pick up. We joked about what it possibly could be, and then determined that it had to be from the bank or a bill. I dreaded it during the ride to the post office today, wondering what would be inside that certified letter. As I stood at the counter though and signed for the letter, I glanced over to see who it was from. It was from our old property manager. They were mailing us our refunded deposit from our old rental house. It was money! They weren't asking us to give them money. It was a check for us! YAY! Praise God. We had completely forgotten about it and God proved Himself faithful once again. The money came just in time. The Lord is my shepherd and I shall NOT want. Amen.

Make it Simple, Just You and Me God!

I'm sorry I have not posted in a while. Simple House has kept us very busy. We now have 6 total people living in the house including Adam and I. We are almost done painting the bedrooms, and walls are beginning to look a little more like rooms.

One thing I will say is that God's revelation is being poured out. It has been incredible to hear the dreams and visions and revelations from God that those living here are experiencing. There is something about getting rid of the needless junk in your life and making room in your heart, mind, and time for God to speak to you.

Adam and I were starting to feel a little worn out so we recognized Sunday as the Sabbath and did not do anything for renovation. It felt great to just sit back and enjoy God, people, and the house. We figured out that 3 of the trees in our backyard are Pear Trees!!! Yum! If they all ripen correctly without diseases or bugs, we are going to have A LOT of fruit! :) YAY!

God is so faithful. It is pretty remarkable to see the vision that God gave you begin to take shape. And to live in the fulness of that -- wow. The Lord is faithful. Always.

The Rollercoaster

From March to the last week in June, I felt like I was on a rollercoaster going up the hill. Click...click...click...click. I felt like at JHOP I was sitting on the hill temporarily... and as soon as I got home, we were off on the rollercoaster ride. Everything is happening very quickly. I barely have time to stop and look around, much less write a blog about it. But it is good. We are not overwhelmed. I don't have time to be overwhelmed. :)

There is still a little insulation to be put in but the majority is done. Adam has been building walls for the prayer room with the help of many. Another handful of us have been painting the bedrooms so we can get carpet in soon. Floors should start going in soon.

Three people have already moved in with us.... soon to be four. God is doing a quick thing and I truly feel like I am just along for the ride. People keep asking me questions about logistics, and I just answer them "All I know is what I am doing right now. We will cross that bridge when we get there."

It is an adventure. Please keep us in prayer. We need it. But God is so faithful.

A Quick Update

We bought the house!!! It is officially ours. While I was in DC at Justice House of Prayer, Adam and an amazing group of people packed and cleaned our old house, cleaned our new house, and moved everything over. They were angels from Heaven! :) Oh yes... and DC was AWESOME!

God is so good. Adam, Adam's dad, Shawn and some others finished the insulation in the attic. We are still trying to rearrange, clean, and open boxes. We are putting in walls this week so we can start on floors next week. What an adventure. Everything is going well. God seems to be teaching us patience and that His mercies are new every morning.

Simple House is in construction mode. But the vision has become reality. Wow. God is good!