an update

We have put our house on the market.  Officially.

I shared here about God's goodness and His placing a calling on our lives.  The one we least expected.

As young, idealists who thought that we would never go the way of the picket fence, Zach and I were certain that our family would be raised in a hut somewhere far off.  And then maybe it was going to be that we took the gospel to the world of academia.  And then a bank job fell into our laps.

As marriage and the real world approached, it became apparent that a steady income would be ideal.  And each time we thought that a suit and tie would be temporary, until our adventures truly began, the Lord shut the doors.  Suddenly we had a family and were living in the suburbs.  And God has called us, wouldn't you know, further into the suburbs. 

He taught us, and is teaching us, that the mundane is rife with gospel need.  And He is showing us just how "adventurous" life in the daily grind can be.  Praise the Lord, He is always providing for our needs and has given us both jobs that we actually enjoy (although mine could use a pay raise).  Though we thought we would be going to the hard places, sometimes it seems as though the "easy places" are just as tough. 

So now we hurry up and wait.  In the first week, we showed our house 9 times.  This meant 9 times we had to get our house looking like no one actually lived in it while herding a 3 year old and a 1 year old and trying to get out of the house almost always in the middle of a nap or meal time.

We know that God is faithful, and will send the right buyer at the right time.  We feel certain that the right house for us is waiting in the Greer area.  We selfishly feel weary and desire to be settled.  So we pray, sometimes faithlessly, and ask for God to further reveal Himself to us in the details.

That being said, if you know anybody:

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