For those of you who may not know the story.....here is the rest of the story.......
In the spring of 2007 Oz and I felt it was the Lord's will for Oz to take a new job teaching and coaching in Georgia. We were excited to take on this new adventure and live where the climate was warm. So we put our house on the market and prayed it would sell quickly. We didn't know the Lord had planned to let our house sit for 13 long months but we were at peace knowing we were in His will and He had a perfect plan for us. In the meantime, July rolled around and Oz needed to be in Georgia to start football and so he moved and lived with the Thelen's (we are so thankful to these sweet people) and the kids and I stayed behind thinking the house would sell real soon and then we would all be together again.
July, August, September by this time we could not take the separation any longer and the Lord placed in our lives the Smiths! They offered for us to rent their home for a VERY cheap price until our house sold. We were so excited for this awesome gesture of kindness and packed up the family and moved. They offered for us to live in their furnished home-dishes and everything-so we left all our belongings in our home in Indy so the house would look "livable".
Praise the Lord our house sold at the end of May 2008 and here we are still living in the Smith's lovely home! They are so gracious to let us stay another year which is a complete blessing to us since the year of living in Ga and having a house in Indy was financially straining. God has been so good and has provided above and beyond our needs.
We are so thankful to the Smiths for being so kind to our family. Since they still have belongings in the home the sweetly call and ask if they can stop by the house and get something. I'm like sure anytime, it is your house! I feel bad that they have to ask to come in but they always tell us they are so thankful we live here so the house doesn't sit empty. What kind people to let us sit on their coach, drink from there cups, let 3 little, dirty fingered children run and play in their home. We have gotten to know the Smiths and I have just fallen in love with their family. What a great family with such a great sense of humor.
Clayton, Betty, and Kyndra we are thankful for you!
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5 comments:
what a blessing!!!
It's nice to see the house you're living in...I hope and pray that we can visit soon. I feel so disconnected since I've never been to the home you're living in or met the friends that you so frequently talk about! (so glad you have such amazing gal pals!) I admire that you are fulfilling the Lord'd will for your lives, but it still makes me sad knowing you live SO far away. I miss you guys so much and the kids miss you guys too. ....tears....
I know, Chloe is always asking when she will see Riley again. It breaks my heart. Riley and Emma are the sisters she doesn't have.
Wow, that is so awesome!
When will you guys have to move out?
We don't have a definite time frame but they said til next year...so the kids can finish another year at the school they are at. Oz teaches 20 minutes from where we are living so we would eventually like to buy near his school and then the kids would go to school on his campus. It is exciting to see what God has in store!
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