Prayer requests and update

1. We've gotten the house almost cleared out and are working on the storage shed today. Please pray that we'll have the time we need to finish up. We're meeting with a realtor tomorrow and have been told not to get our hopes up. Our hope is not in ourselves or in our realtor - thankfully our hope is in a God who is bigger than any economic situation or housing market! :)

2. We pull out Saturday to have Christmas with Reid's family and leave early Sunday morning. Snow is forecast both in NC and along the way - a lot of snow! :) Please be in prayer for our travels.

3. Our furniture etc. left Monday evening and will arrive in Fraser either on Wednesday (next week) or the week after as the company only delivers to Fraser on Wednesdays.

4. We're thankful to have this time with family - it's great to spend time with Ryan and Melanie and little Thomas and Elijah - what precious little boys. Heather and Sharkey are coming over during the day or for meal times as well so we get to have fun with Duncan and Sam too - still waiting on Cameron. At this time it doesn't look like we'll get to see him before we leave :( and Heather now wants him to wait until after Christmas! :) I told Mom that last night I had a very vivid sense of Julie's presence for some odd reason - I almost felt like she was going to walk through the front door at any minute... sadly she did not! :( We miss her a lot in these days and look so forward to seeing her Lord willing when she returns sometime next year.

5. Reid's last day of work went well. His time at Oliver has been such a blessing to him and to our family and it has been hard to say good-bye to some good friends. We really consider it such a privilege and honor that Reid has had the opportunity to have been involved with the work there. It really is a tremendous organization that is really making a difference in this community. And we will never again look at homelessness and the process of addiction recovery in the same way.

6. My parents have been a tremendous blessing in opening up their home during this crazy time. Their's is a busy place right now with all of us in and out constantly. I'm so thankful for their flexibility, encouragement and help.

7. It's been hard to say good-bye to some incredible friends and people.

I could go on and on but will stop for now! :) Let us know how we can be praying for any of you all as well!! It is such a joy and comfort to know that our Heavenly Father cares about each and every one of us.