Stage One Moving Update

We have made it over another hill in this journey to seminary. Stage One of the moving process is over. St. Michael's youth minister, Susie Morrison, is going to rent our house while we are in seminary. The lease to her current apartment is up at the end of May, and it was going to be very expensive to keep it for a few more months. It works out perfectly (Thanks be to God!) that she can stay with David Kunes' fiancée, Margaret, this summer until we move out and she can move in. Margaret's apartment is furnished, so all she needs is her bedroom furniture. To avoid the cost of storage, Rob and I cleaned out our back bedroom and garage to store the rest of Susie's furniture and belongings. This process took place last weekend, and the actual move took place this weekend. We got her bedroom furniture and clothes to Margaret's and all the rest to our house on Saturday. Everything worked out just fine. We had lots of people to help, nothing got broken, including the people helping, the couch fit through the door and into the back bedroom, and after just a tiny bit of drama, Susie and Bella, her cat, should be comfortably placed in their new room at Margaret's today. Thank you to Adam, Chris, Swain, and Reed for helping on Saturday. Thank you to all for your prayers.
God is so good. I am sometimes amazed at how beautifully everything has come together in the past few months. What should be a really stressful time has been pretty peaceful. God has given us so much patience! People ask us questions about details of the move and the next few years that we don't really have answers to, yet, and they look at us like we're crazy to be so calm about it. Every now and again I catch myself entertaining a bit of anxiety, but then I think about all that God has planned so perfectly for us thus far, and I am calm again. With me, everything is limited, but with God, everything is possible!

Stage One Moving Pics

The garage/bedroom cleanout day was awesome! We organized everything and got rid of a lot, which will be very helpful when it's time for us to pack!
Hazel helped by remaining calm and NOT underfoot. It was really hard for her, as you can see.










Rob and Chris worked tirelessly to get all of Susie's furniture to fit in the UHaul so that we would only have to make one trip. If you look carefully in the picture you'll see a little helper on top of the furniture without whom they would never have succeeded. Little Reed could squeeze himself into the middle of the pile to rearrage small pieces so that they wouldn't have to keep taking everything out to readjust. It was amazing! Thank you Reed!

Prayer Thanksgivings and Requests

As we mentioned in the letter to our St. Michael's family, we need the prayer support of our family and friends. While we ask for you to let God guide your prayers for us, we would also like to provide some particular prayers that are on our hearts. We will use our blog to communicate these requests to you. I have created a section in the column to the right called "Prayer Thanksgivings and Requests." We would love for you to email us if you find God speaking to you about a particular issue that is not included in our list.
Just as we ask you to pray for us, we want you to know that we are praying for you. As you read in the letter or perhaps on the Nashotah House website, Rob will be spending at least two hours a day in chapel as part of his daily schedule. When we were visiting, some of the other seminarians shared with us that they use some of that time to pray for the specific requests of their friends and family. Rob was so excited about this practice! We invite you to share your prayer requests with us via email so that we can support you just as you so graciously support us.

"I urge then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone." 1 Timothy 2:1