Take the Good With the Bad

Well- football certainly was not what I was hoping for this week-end. Clemson didn't even really show up to play against Va Tech (I love them anyway...) and Carolina is now #7. We haven't gotten any good potential leads for land, but we have plenty of time for that, so that is okay. But- Brian and I did get the garage cleaned out and we can actually park 2 whole cars in it. (I know- those who know me will have to see it to believe it.) That was no small accomplishment. We also went to the church we want to attend. (The one that is a little far away.) It was great. The Sunday School class we are in started a 6-week video and discussion study on discipleship this Sunday and it is going to be really good. We have decided to start attending there, even though we can really only go on Sunday mornings right now- until we get moved a little closer or until school is out. They just voted last Sunday to take out a $650,000 line of credit to pay off the children's building they just completed construction on. (Total cost was $1.2 million- but they have already raised the rest of the money.) The vote passed by 99%. To some people, that may not be a big deal, but to me that is incredible. That would have never passed even by 50% at the church we used to go to. It comes down to having faith that God will provide. The preacher's sermon was awesome, too. He talked about when God challenges us to do something it is not really a challenge because He is going to take care of everything and we just have to be willing to step out on faith and do our parts. That is so true. There have been times when God has called me to do something and I have thought- 'I can't do that- there is no way.' Then I would always discover that He took care of all the tough stuff and brought me through it and all I really had to do the whole time was trust Him and be willing. The church only has about 400 active members, but they had 90 children at AWANAs this past Wednesday. They didn't even have enough workers to do everything. That is just amazing. My girls love it there, too. It has been really hard to let go of the other church we attended and to have to get over losing our "second family" that we had there. But God is opening some awesome doors for us and we are able to look forward now instead of looking back. I am so excited to see what the future holds. We met with our real estate agent and our builder (they are husband and wife) last night and they loved the house we want to build and they are keeping their eyes open for property out there for us. I know the right thing will come along at the right time. We wouldn't even be able to close on anything until January, anyway. This house will be getting a new roof next week and that will be the first step in the exterior renovation. It is going to look really good when we are done with it. It will be a great home for somebody! This time next year I hope we will be in full swing with building our next ( and hopefully final) home. I can't even imagine what that will feel like, but I am excited!