As many of you know, my family recently moved to a new place. The whole process of searching and moving into our new home has been a true testimony of how God provided and orchestrated everything so perfectly. My wife and I are filled with so much gratitude and awe of how God brought different people to help and support throughout the process. It was stressful at times not knowing where we were going to end up, but it certainly has been an amazing time of growth in our faith as well. Thank you for those who have been praying with us!
We’ve been living with my parents and my sister for the last couple years but my wife and I decided that it was time for us to move out and have a new start to our family. We went from being a just married couple to having two more additions to the family in our previous house over the last 7 years that we lived there. Now that the kids have grown up, the house was getting a little too small for all of us to live together. There are so many good memories that our family will continue to cherish for the rest of our lives. Ryan is actually a little confused now that he’s sleeping at our new house at night and being watched by grandma during the day at our old house. I ask him every morning on our way to the grandparents’ house whether he knows where we are going, and Ryan just says “home!” Isn’t he adorable?! Other than Ryan, everyone else is enjoying the changes we are going through. My parents are very excited about their “new start” on their own. My sister will be moving out and starting her own family in a couple of months. And my older brother’s family is coming back to the States and is expecting a daughter to be born in July. It’s going to be a crazy summer with so many big family events.
Talking about craziness, our house has never been so messy since we got married. My wife always kept the house very clean (thanks to her OCD tendency) and nicely organized (yes, even with the kids). But now that we have just moved and have boxes everywhere, the house is a mess. We’ve got the rooms pretty much sorted out but the main living room area still needs to be painted and organized. Until a couple days ago, my kids were using one of the boxes as their table for their meals. And to add to the craziness, we actually had the gas and electricity service terminated because we forgot to call the utility companies to start the service when we moved in. You can probably imagine how crazy not having gas and electricity must have been with everything else that we had to take care of. Now that everything is back on track, we are slowly catching up on our laundry, cleaning and unpacking.
One thing I am NOT looking forward to is taking care of the house. I never had to worry about fixing and taking care of things around the house because I had my father, a handy man, who always took care of everything. And it worries me that now I am the one to fulfill that need. In fact, it took me a long time to install curtain rods for the kids’ rooms the other day. It’s not that I can’t get the job done; it’s just that having tools in my hand just doesn’t feel right quite yet. Please pray for me that I will overcome this fear of mine and become a handy man. Maybe I need to start watching more “Bob the Builder” or “Handy Manny” with the kids?! =)
From Pastor Brian’s Heart
June 8, 2014