Happy Holidays

Roland and I hope that you had a wonderful and very Merry Christmas. Our day was a normal day in many ways with Roland working and our overall transition. My mind kept coming back to the wonderful reality of my Savior's birth and his great love for us. We are so grateful for this Great Love.

Alex is with us now and enjoying being back with mom and Papa. We took him to a local dogpark today for the first time. He wasn't quite sure what to do with so many strange dogs running around. There was a lot of sniffing! A couple of the dogs were puppies and didn't have developed social skills so it made for an interesting time. We love the dogparks!

The picture above is of Roland using Uncle Glenn's snowblower. He is a natural; don't you think? Haha! He had fun plowing the yard. We received a heavy rain the past two days so there isn't much snow left. It seemed funny to see rain in December. While doing some shopping today we only wore light jackets. We should be getting snow later in the week.

Our house hunting is having to begin anew with an offer being accepted on the house we were considering. So, we are still deciding on buying or renting. Please pray that the Lord will guide us into his will and meet our needs as he always does. We are very curious how everything will pan out. Please pray and we will keep you posted.

We have not found a church home yet. We visited First Baptist this morning. There are a lot of good churches in this area and we know that, in time, God will lead us to a place where we can serve and love. BSF has taking their holiday break until the 6th and I am looking forward to being with the group again. I love this group of ladies!

We hope that you enjoy the remaining holiday season and everyone in your family is well.

Moving On

Hello dear friends, we hope that you are all enjoying this wonderful season. I am blogging for the last time from our living room in Georgia. That's right, we close on the 18th. A moving company is coming tomorrow and Thursday to pack and load our things. God did not provide a buyer for our home but we are confident that His will is best and has a perfect purpose. So, we take our loss and move on. Perhaps, He will amaze us in the next few months with a fantastic offer. The company will then pay us the extra. Who knows, but the important thing to keep in mind is that He is in control.

Some of you are asking, "but Chelle, this has been such an awful time and you are losing so much money". The Lord has provided his perspective and I am very grateful! Early one morning this week after a late night talk with mom, my Savior revealed my error. I was reminded of the rich, young ruler who walked away from an intimate and personal relationship with Christ because he was asked to turn over his earthly possessions. "But Lord, I said, you know that I would gladly give everything to know you more". It was as if he said 'Then what is the problem? Why are you so discouraged? Why are you so afraid?' Perhaps, in the drama of circumstantial life I forgot that possessions are meaningless and the only security I have is eternal.

One might ask how a girl may forget such basic principles. Although I am not entirely certain I am certain that my eyes were not focused exclusively on Christ. I am reminded that keeping focused solely on Christ is a choice that I must make each day; and when circumstances arrive one day becomes several times a day.

I pray that you never suffer being focused on circumstances and that you (and most certainly I) can remain entirely consumed with focusing on Christ, our Savior. To my Georgia friends, thank you again for such a wonderful time of life! I praise God for you and pray that his blessing are overflowing.

Good Night!

This Time in Life

Roland and I enjoyed watching about 2 inches of beautiful snow fall all day yesterday. We laughed as we said "This isn't like Georgia snow". Everything was white, shinning and clean. Miss Jane enjoyed bounding through all the white stuff in her little coat. Roland did have to do some driving but managed just fine.

We are very much hoping that the Lord will see to providing a buyer for our home in Georgia. We have seen little activity and have until December 17th to accept an offer. We have lowered the price in the hopes that interest will be shown. This whole situation is heart breaking because we love our home so much. Please join us in asking God to provide for us. We have confidence that His will is best and working.

Roland is still enjoying his job. The time off is nice. We feel like we have more time together. I have been sick for a week now. We believe it is the flu and headed out now. We spend most of our time trying to find a house. The houses are typically very small and don't meet our needs. We have found one house that we both love. We hope to be putting an offer in at the end of this week.

We hope that you are enjoying the holiday season. We enjoy seeing pictures and reading posts about you and your family.