more blessings

A line of an old song says it well. "If it keeps getting better & better O Lord, I don't know what I'm gonna do"! I know that the Lord gives and he takes away and I hope my heart would choose to say Blessed be His Name in both situations but right now he is just giving and giving and we are overwhelmed at his goodness. Another Divine appointment...we stopped by the kids' AWANA club on Wednesday to meet up with some friends and go out for coffee. The director of the program mentioned that there was a family leaving the country and wanting to rent their house and sell all their furniture. We called the family and went the next day to meet them & see the house. Everything was perfect about the situation; we couldn't pass it up! The only piece of furniture we'll have to buy is a stove. We took everything else in their house and the best thing is that we were a huge answer to THEIR prayers. Imagine how much easier their move is now that they don't have to take apart wardrobes and empty out kitchen cupboards and have a dozen people coming through their house buying random pieces. We bought it all! The house has a garage, a beautiful yard (they even had a gas grill)full of fruit trees, (I have my very own bay leaf tree), a swimming pool (which we may or may not use), large entryway, living/dining room, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, large eat-in kitchen. It is just wonderful in every way. The people are leaving the internet in their name for us so we can avoid the hassle of re-applying for a new line as that can take 4-6 weeks. Although this house is a huge answer to prayer for us, I also love it when we're a huge answer to prayer for someone else. There's still more!! This group rented office space right around the corner from their house which they use for small group sessions, for meeting language tutors, for all kinds of things. We could just imagine how God could use this place and the rent was very affordable so we also took that on. It is 2 rooms, a reception area, small kitchen and bathroom. After thinking that this house-hunting thing was going to take weeks of looking at different places and then buying all the furniture and having it delivered by truck, we now have a house and all the needed furniture and it just kind of dropped in our lap. The location of this house is wonderful; right next to the Metro station and right near a large grocery store and open market. We will now keep our eyes & ears open for a place to start our business! I know all of this was the direct result of YOUR prayers. We can take no credit. Ultimately, God gets all the credit & glory and that's where it belongs. Thank you, God!