Today, Jen and I went down to Lafayette to have a final signing meeting with Kim at Gunstra Builders. It’s amazing how the finality of signing papers can really make you nervous. Last week, I was completely thrilled about every aspect of the building process even though we have already signed some preliminary papers and stuff. However, today, we saw our final architectural drawings, and signed them. We saw our final lot layout, and signed it.
We signed perhaps 20 different sheets of paper today, and at the end of it all, I’m very aware of the finality of it all. We can’t make any changes from this point on without incurring extra charges, and we are locked in to a final number for a loan that just kinda scares us. Now, we are still convinced that God is leading us through this, but it just makes the large nature of this venture that much more real to us.
Our Lot Got Bigger!
Now, one of the things that really was interesting about today was that we got a paper that showed us the actual dimensions of our plot of land, and it’s twice as big as we had thought it was! I was really amazed. There is a ditch that runs along the border of the development to provide drainage from the flood plain, and we thought originally that our lot extended to the border of the ditch. However, today we found out that our land actually runs to the other side of the ditch and then some. In fact, it seems to be about twice as long as what we had originally thought!
So we just got twice as much land as we had originally planned. But I feel somehow ripped off! I’m so amazed at myself for feeling this way. Last week, we had a small piece of land that was going to be perfect for us with a ditch behind us that prevented any other construction from taking place behind our house. It was a great deal, but today, we own a piece of land with a ditch running right through the middle of it! It’s so strange how that has made me feel awkward about our land.
I have to smile at myself for all of that.
Sensing God at Work
Nevertheless, it really is amazing to me how God is blessing us. He is preparing a wonderful place for us in a wonderful neighborhood, and we trust that he is also moving ahead of us in the hearts of the people who live there. I really believe that God is going to use this new church to be an incredible ministry reaching people for himself throughout the whole county. I’m getting really excited.
I’m so convinced that God is going to change the lives of a great number of people through this new church, and I can’t wait to get there to get started. However, we still have some big needs. I plan to get a part time job as a substitute teacher, and Jen is considering getting a job too, but for us to get our ministry off to a good start, we still need a number of supporters to join us.
Support Need
Please pray for us.
Also, if you are reading this blog, let me ask you to pray about possibly supporting us in our endeavor. Making any size pledge would be a great help to us, and it’s really easy. You don’t even have to send any money now. Just click the link and fill our our easy online response form.
God bless!
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