May be days away

well, the carpet for the church was installed yesterday, and we did final painting, caulking, and touch ups yesterday..ben is finishing some cleanup and installing some filters in the vents, and final inspections for the space are scheduled for tomorrow. if all goes well, we'll be approved for occupancy this sunday! that will bring on a couple of VERY busy days as we get tv and sound board installed, pick up mics, ect and setup for our first sunday in the building. i'll update when i know we'll be in for sure, but its been an exciting week to see the final touches coming together :)!!!

on the home front, the boys and i went with the moms club i joined here in town to fort gordon today for a cookout and pony rides. dylan has REALLY taken a liking to horses, i love to see his excitement and bravery. i'm not sure if its him or if its just cause boys tend to be more brave with these types of things, but i love to see his excitement. i've never been on an army base before, it's like it's own city!!! it's pretty crazy. we had a really good time. he's still quite shy with the other kids, we joined for us both to be able to make some friends here, so far, i'm branching out more than he is, and to be honest, it makes me pretty nervous for school this fall...but i'm praying "practice makes perfect" with him warming up a bit easier.

a BIG PRAISE: we found renters for our house in MI...they are moving in this weekend. they are also allowing us to keep the house on the market while they rent, they've signed a year lease, but have agreed to move out if the house is sold. it'll cover 3/4 of our house payment, which is a big blessing! really praying God would sell it before August and Ben's salary is reduced by the district. August will be bringing a lot of change around here, but I have plenty of time to think on that, so right now, I'm just enjoying the time and schedule we have.

I'll keep everyone posted on tomorrows inspections!

updates all around

i'm not keeping up with this as much as i'd like, and feel like i have too much to update, so to avoid a novelty post, i'm gonna follow jamie's footsteps and give you an update rundown.

we are so close to having the church space renovated, carpet goes in sat. and then we'll start moving things in to have our first sunday in our new public space next sunday! super pumped, been a long journey: done lots of park days with the kids: easter was super fun this year, my sister pam and her family were here for spring break and got to do our egg hunt together: enjoyed a girls only beach day yesterday and i'm a little over baked, but was SO nice: ben goes hiking in the paria canyone for a week at the end of this month, trying to figure out what to do with myself for a week alone: the buyer for our house fell through last month, but God provided a renter who will be moving in the 15th, SO grateful! answer to prayer. keeping it on the market, so praying it'll still sell: dylan speaks often about wanting to be in heaven with jesus and how he misses him and wants to see him...God's really drawing his heart to Him and it's beautiful to watch: grahm is so hiliarous these days, he continues to fill our life with joy: i'm getting really excited for our 10 yr. anniversary trip towards the end of the year, we've been working on saving for it for 3 years (yes, really)...and even though its still months away, its much closer than it was 3 years ago :)

God continues to really stretch us here...still longing for a friend and friends for dylan, but do know that he has big things for us once we get into our space and people really know we're here, so really excited about what he has ahead. we're living exciting days!

updated pics of church renovation are on my facebook, see the Ebenezers folder.