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July 26, 2005
Great is Thy Faithfulness
So we were house sitting last month for our friends in East, and they returned last Tuesday the 19th and we had to vacate. By the 15th when we still didn't know where we'd be headed, we let some people know. Funny how he works sometimes, God waited until we swallowed our pride and asked for help before he revealed that next step to us. The next morning, my (Carrie's) childhood pastor got ahold of my parents trying to track us down because their house was about to be vacant and they wanted somebody living in it! Jim and Sharon, before living in Ellsworth and shepherding the Belltower flock, used to live in Mexico. They were in Ellsworth my whole life, until about the same time that I graduated from HS, when they went back to Mexico. That was 10 years ago (oh my gosh, are we getting old or what... I've been out of high school TEN years??). As of two years ago, 3 of their four children had moved to Zeeland, MI, and as interest rates were SO SO low, they decided to buy a house in that area for when they would one day retire. Since they bought their home they've never really unpacked there, only staying there while home on short visits, and the house has only been lived in by people who needed it for the short-term. I think one woman was there for a month, and a single youth pastor for 6 months. Anyway, as of the 16th (the day AFTER we asked for help), they were getting frantic to find someone to occupy their house beginning the 19th, when they were to fly to Mexico. This was the very same day that we needed to vacate our previous place! Just in case it wasn't obvious enough, God made it the same date. So we are sub-urbanites now, and looking for work in the area of Zeeland. My "kids" leave tomorrow. I'll drive them to Chicago and say goodbye as they are whisked away back to Spain. It has been a whirlwind of a month and, though I will be happy to have some rest, I will miss them dearly. I've had a really great group of kids!
See our resumes: Dan's and Carrie's, and spread the word if you know anybody that could use our talents.
your host for this episode : carrie; July 26, 2005 02:42 PM