Pieces of the Puzzle

Things have now fallen into place. For a while, things where at a standstill... well, a trickle- enough for us to still be thinking we are going, but not enough to actually go. Then, about 2 weeks ago, through a series of events, we decided to only go to IHOP (International House of Prayer in Kansas City) for the months of June and July (we had planned on going for 4). It was an amazing process that had been about 3 weeks in the coming, as God was preparing us for our "alternate" plan. We made the decision on a Tuesday night, and within 48 hours so many things had fallen in place.

The peace immediately came, which was confirmation enough. Then, we received some new financial support, and had several people say they wanted to support us monthly until we got back. Also, Wednesday night we heard from a lady we had emailed months before that her house was available. It was the one that we really wanted, our "dream" choice... a 4 bedroom house (we wanted an extra room for guests) with hardwood floors (our kiddos allergies) and a fenced in back yard. Also, the house backs up to green space (no backdoor neighbors, but grass and ponds and trees!), and there is a park just down the street. Also, Jeff can ride a bike to class and the prayer room in about only 5 minutes. It's amazing... the LORD's timing!

There where other things, too. Jeff is going to go for 10 days in May (but we will all go as a family in June) for a seminar on the life of David. He is going to stay with friends of ours who are on staff there. We where able to get a round trip ticket for a great price, and then we where wondering about transportation while he was there. I was about to look into renting a car for him, when we got a call from our friends. He just wanted to let us know that he got an extra car and wanted for Jeff to know he could use it while he was there! Wow!

Then, there is our insurance issue- a rather big deal for a family of 7! Because Jeff is going to be gone from his job for a while, we where going to have to COBRA which is crazy expensive... and other insurance would be a pain to do all the paperwork and be paying the deductible, only to change it back again in 2 months. Well, I won't go into the details, but his work has helped us figure it out, and at no extra cost !!!!

Anyway, we still have some support to raise, but we are soooo much closer! Thank you for your support... financially, prayerfully, and even advice :)

More later!

Parke for all of us