Well, it’s official.  We’re embarking on one amazing journey as we begin to build our first house.  We have been incredibly blessed to have always lived in a church residence for the first 6 years of our marriage.  We’ve brought both our girls home to live in a church house and it has been so much fun living right next to Highview East, watching the church being build literally from the ground up.

I’m writing because I want to document this journey and never forget all the hard work, love and time we (us, extended family and friends) all put into this project.  We have a few people we want to acknowledge as we get started.

First, of course, to our amazing God who has continually blessed our marriage and our home.  We acknowledge that it is because of Him that we have gotten where we are today.  We desire to make our home a place where we can minister to our children, family and friends.  Our continued prayer is that we would see our home not as our own, but that it would be used to grow the Kingdom of God through loving, encouraging and caring for all who walk through our doors.

We are indebted to my dad for providing all his expertise, advice, vast knowledge, time, commitment and love he’s shown us already and we’re only just beginning.  To my mom who has been so wonderful to provide such amazing advice, only when asked of course!  Lastly, to our friends who have already offered so much encouragement, willingness to help and baby-sit the girls when needed.  We love you all!

It is truly a dream come true to have my dad helping up build this house in wonderful Stone Lakes.  We officially gave our deposit on lot 361 on February 28th, 2008.  We’re finalizing a few things with the bank and hope to start digging the basement towards the end of March.  I’ll continue to post photos and updates as we look forward to moving in late summer, early fall 2008!