The (other) BIG Project

My last post started to explain my blogging absence, but I left out the part about having debilitating migraines fairly often for the first 22 weeks. It was a severe flashback to my first pregnancy! Thankfully, I seem to be through most of that and all is well. Im heading into the third trimester feeling good and very thankful to (hopefully) put those migraines behind me.

While growing our baby has been the primary project around here, there have been a few other significant things going on. And one of them is pictured above. Meet our "new" big wide porch residence. You'll be hearing much more about her and there will be some shocking before and after pictures in the next month or so. This house and property are a bit of urban paradise. We had been keeping our eye out for a house in the neighborhood where we recently helped plant our school, The Oaks Academy Brookside. And this beauty popped onto the market with (virtually) all the criteria we had hoped and prayed for. The busy weeks that followed our accepted offer included finding a contractor to rehab and restore her, putting our current house on the market, selling our current house in 8 days, and putting some sweat equity into the "new" place. Not to mention keeping up with all the rest of our normal life and commitments.

Each step of the way we've seen the Lord's hand providing and caring for us in amazing ways.

On one hand we are weary, but on the other, we are renewed.

So many have asked why we would take all of this one while expecting a baby, while AJ seeks a new job.....and the answer is easy. We felt led to. For two first-born's, abandoning logical reasoning and taking it all on is a big deal. We never would have just a few short years ago. But we're seeing the Lord stretching us, asking us to trust in new ways, and showing us that His provision isnt dependent on us doing everything the "right" way. We are only asked to trust. And though we dont do it perfectly, this journey has been one of grace and abundant provision.

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