Our almost empty house

Here it is. Our house. I just have a few more days of cleaning up and sorting through the little that remains. It is good to clean out. Each time I go through things, I am able to let go of more and more. All we really need is the Lord. He will provide everything else.

1 Cor. 15:58 "Therefore, me beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord."

1 Cor. 16:13 "Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love."

We are entering into a life that will truly be lived by faith. I am excited to depend on the Lord for all our needs. He always meets them in amazing ways. It is good to be content in Him.

Prayer meeting

We had a small group meet together last night to pray for us. It was good to get the monthly meeting started before we went on the road.

Yard sale pictures

We had our last and final yard sale at Bob and Lourdes' house last Saturday. Whew! I'm glad it was the last one!

Cole came. Yay!

Believe it or not, it was really cold that day. At this point, it had warmed up considerably.

I was freezing at 6:00 in the morning. I had a hat, 2 shirts, and 2 sweatshirts on. I'm going to freeze my butt off in Peru! Ha!

The couch didn't sell. It went to the big trash. Bummer. It was a good Bible study couch.

Update

Well, I did my last Wednesday service leading the worship last week. It was kind of a bummer because I was pretty sick and almost couldn't sing. But, the Lord strengthened my voice to get through 4 songs for him! Thanks everybody, you've been a great team!

On Saturday, we had a big yard sale and sold just about everything left that we are not taking with us to Peru. It's kind of crazy selling your acumilated life away for a quarter... but it's all good. So, our house is almost completely empty. No furniture, no dishes, just some random things laying around that need to be delt with. I never realized how much stuff we had. Not anymore! Yay!

So, since our house isn't the easiest place to live with 2 kids and nothing to do, we moved out today. We are staying, for the next 2 weeks, with our friends from church, Greg and Ann Marie Russell. Then, March 3rd, we are heading out on the road to begin our support raising journey. We are excited to see how the Lord is going to work everything out.

My last practice

Well, last night was my last worship practice. Next Wednesday will be my last night to lead worship at the church. So, right after practice we had some cake and they all prayed for me. That was pretty nice.

Hahaha, this is what I saw as I came in to practice.

Kelly & Chris got the cake. The bakery ladies let them go behind the counter at Publix to draw the guitar on there. Pretty cool, guys.

Here's the team plus a few: back, from left: Matt, Ravick, Zach, Corey, Chris, Allie, Marianne. front, from left: Hilary, Kelly, Tyler, Erin, me, and Joy

And the goofy version...

love you, guys. Thanks.

Today, at church, a man came to talk to me. Robin knew him already, but I had only met him about a week ago, or so. He had been at the men's breakfast on Saturday, and Kelly had said something about giving up something that you love. Well, last night he had a dream and the Lord spoke to him telling him to give me his guitar. Not just any guitar, it's a Taylor! Holy macarel! The Lord has really blessed us in our preparation for the mission field. This is just one of the many ways He is providing for us. I can't wait to see how He's going to use this guitar in Peru for His glory.