Homeless in December

This last month has brought many changes to our home.  We accepted an offer on our house about 2 weeks ago, and I am finally beginning to see that this is REALLY happening and we really will be living in Tucson by January 2015.

I am amazed by God's timing in everything as we have walked obediently to follow the call to Tucson.  When we first put our house on the market at the beginning of September, I told Luke I didn't want it to sell until closer to Christmas.  I wanted to be able to spend Christmas with family before we moved.  I remember telling him the ideal time to move would be over Christmas break. Careful what you wish for, because God has a way of answering in His perfect way.

The Friday we found out we were "approved" by Launch and could start the training and process of church planting as soon as we were able to be in Tucson, was the same day that the couple who is buying our house came to look.  Within the week we had accepted the offer.  

A couple days before we got the offer, I remember talking with Ashtyn as I was praying with her before she went to bed.  She asked me why I always end my prayers "in Jesus name."  I took out my bible and showed her John 14 where Jesus is speaking and says "Whatever you ask in My name, I will do it, so that the Father will be glorified in the Son.  If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it."  It was that night that I specifically prayed that God would bring us a buyer, in Jesus name.  

We will be moving out of the house the weekend of December 6th.  God has allowed us a place to stay most of December in Yakima.  Thank God for friends who love to travel and are willing to open up their home to our family while they are away.  The kids are excited to be able to finish 2014 at Moxee Elementary.  It is also fun to see our calendars filling up to spend time with friends and family before we move.  We will get to spend Christmas week in western Washington with our families.  

So, while we are "homeless" in December, God is taking such great care of us and providing whatever we need at just the right time.  I am so excited to continue on this journey with Him as He shows me His ways are much better than my own.  His timing is perfect and we should never doubt.

"11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves. 12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it." John 14:13-14 (NIV)