Answered Prayers On A Happy Day

It is Sunday night, and we are feeling so happy and blessed! After weeks of looking at many cars, we have become a Honda family! We now own two Honda Odyssey minivans, a gold 2007 Touring edition, that came with all the perks, and a 1999 blueish-gray simpler model, but clean and sturdy. We were also able to purchase a black 1999 Accord, and with 5 drivers and two more in the next year or so, it is nice to have at least 3 vehicles. We are so thankful for God's faithful provision through selling our other cars before we moved, and making it possible to get these after we arrived.

Another happy note today, Brian started preaching a new series in Revelation! I am so blessed to be under his teaching full-time again, and love watching how God is already using him. If any of you want to hear his sermons, you can click here to go to the sermon download page at the website for our church, Fellowship Bible Church.

Tonight we returned a borrowed car to the older couple who have been loaning it to us since we got here. It was so wonderful to be invited into their home, and hear the testimony of how God saved them both. The husband has been battling cancer for a long time and it was invigorating to listen to him describe with joy how wonderful it is to know that he is accepted by Jesus Christ and has no fear of dying, but is looking forward to heaven. It was so encouraging!!

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Our First Week

Today is Saturday, and we are hopefully making our first trip to the beach today!

We are going to Fort DeSoto, and it is beautiful!

Wanna see? Click below:

http://www.pinellascounty.org/park/05_Ft_DeSoto.htm

We have had a wonderful first week here. Our arrival was met with so many acts of kindness by our new church family. A team of ladies cleaned the place we are staying, which is usually a mission house, then they stocked the fridge and pantry with tons of food for us. The church secretary had contacted Savannah via FB and found out what our favorite foods and snacks were, then they provided meals for us through the first weekend. Also a team of men came to unload our container on that first Friday, then some of them helped set up beds and get things in place and also helped take the things that we don't have room for down the street to the storage unit we are using.

There was fellowship right away when we arrived. The very first night was a family roller skating night that some of the families go to, and we stopped by there and our children were able to meet some friends and break the ice. Then people stopped in at different times over the first weekend to drop off food, etc, and we went to one family's home on Saturday, so by the first Sunday, our kids were all sitting with new friends during the worship service, smiling and talking and connecting. So by the first Sunday night we had some high school and college aged students around our dinner table laughing loud and playing games until about midnight. What a huge answered prayer!!!

Monday came and we had to start homeschool back, since we had taken so many days off in December and January. Brian went to the church for his first days at work, and came home the very first day praising God for the godly men that he gets to work with here. God has been so kind to provide a church that already has three other elders in place, an associate pastor, a building, and for the first time ever, Brian has a secretary!!! They have given him a large office and are busy painting it and outfitting it with shelves for his library.

The people here are warm and welcoming, and so expressive in their joy that we are finally here. Another blessing!! They also hug people. That makes us feel at home. :-D Still more blessings from the Lord!

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