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i have news…

its official…we are moving!

and now for the crazy news…we are moving in 12 days…TWELVE!

i started packing tonight:

but i have a really REALLY long way to go!

and now for the even crazier news:

as of now, we have NO idea where we are moving!

how’s that for some massive life events???!!

but…i can tell you this….God is moving us. that we know for sure.

wanna hear a cool story? we are renting out our house, because we decided that it might be wiser for us to wait just a few more years (hopefully) to sell it. the family moving in made an offer, and we came back with our final, bottom line, best we could do offer, which they accepted. it was a bit less than what we were asking for and what we needed to cover our mortgage, but we felt like it was what we were supposed to do. jake and i prayed, hoping that we had made the right decision.

that same day, just a couple hours later, we checked the mail, only to find a letter from our mortgage company. in that letter, we were told that we had a mortgage overage this year. (basically, we had overpaid!) included was a check to make up the difference, and a notification that our mortgage payment for the following year was going to be less each month, starting immediately.

how’s that for confirmation??!!!

we are praising God for what He is doing, even though parts are still very unclear. (i’m honestly hoping that i will still want to say that tomorrow!)

my heart was sad last night, and nervous, as i went to bed. i was begging God for peace and provision.

this morning at church, someone who did not know me nor knew of my situation at all prayed for me as they were led by the Spirit. her prayer was for trust in God this week as i made big decisions, for clarity, and for peace. and to know God’s deep love for me in it all. i’m pretty darn sure that God is walking right in this with us and wanted me to know that today…wanted to remind me of His faithfulness. and in fact…He’s already gone before us.

the verse on my chalkboard this week is this:

i had this thought all day today = this home, our earthly home, is SO temporary. even though i know God knows the desires of my heart, and that He has made me in such a way where i take great delight and joy in a home, and it being my domain, i feel like He’s been reminding me today that there is a much greater Home that He is preparing for me. and that i get to move…somewhere…in 12 days…with the perspective that all this is temporary, but that a perfect Home is waiting for me when this earthly dwelling is no more. i type that to remind myself, so i can come back and read it over the days to come…cause i know that i’ll forget it!!

and i’ll close with other news…we TOTALLY caved:

and bought a Wii (which the Bug is convinced is called a “Wheat”…and which we think is so darn cute, there is no way we are gonna correct her!!)

as you can imagine, the crazies are thrilled! the Boy keeps saying, “i never ever thought we’d ever have a Wii!!!”

a friend was selling their’s, we got a CRAZY deal that we just couldn’t pass up, and we figured since the kiddos toys will prob be in storage for awhile, this might be a good time to allow some video gameage in our house. i still can’t believe we actually did it…but i’m really glad!!

anyway…you’ll understand if i don’t reappear anytime in the next few days/weeks, won’t you?

i do promise, though, to update you once we know what exactly we are doing. we do have a couple things in the works, so please pray for us if you think about it!

i better go to bed. the morning is gonna come way too fast,

ps: to all my close friends and family who are finding out these details by reading this post…it has all happened so fast, that i simply haven’t had the time to call you all. please forgive me

pps: the lens from the last post is still available, just FYI!!