Home sweet house!

"Home sweet house," to quote Yul Brenner as the King of Siam! Greg and I are now in possession of keys to the house we own, and its quite exciting and a bit overwhelming. As much as we know this is the house God led us to, and as amazing as it is to realize we are homeowners, we made sure to listen to "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" beforehand. Y'know... longing for a heavenly country and all that! Its weird to be a grown-up with a husband, a house, and a baby on the way... but its so much better than I ever thought possible! The Lord is amazingly good, and He sure keeps life interesting with all the twists and turns of existence, in His infinite wisdom :)

Hopefully it won't be too long before I can find a date for the house blessing, and anyone able to come is welcome! We want to combine a day to pray through the house and bless the property with a day to pray over and bless the baby. Kind of like a house-warming, but more. And the plan is to celebrate the day we bless the baby annually from here on out, as a milestone to celebrate how the Lord has worked in and through our child. Kind of like a birthday, but not.

I am doing well, but trying not to drown in deadlines! Please pray that I have wisdom in how to accomplish (and prioritize!) everything in a balanced way (and on time!). Everything is going great with the pregnancy, but of course I need to pay attention to when my body has to rest. We are blessed to have all of September to finish our move, however the publisher deadline for book content is Oct 1st - this means translating it all this month! I'm not sure how classes are going to be arranged this fall. Looks like I'm tutoring English Lit & Composition, and possibly teaching two different times of youth beginning Spanish. The premier for the Reelate Film project has been pushed back, but I've still got a lot to put together (slow going as a rookie filmmaker!).

Its so good to hear what everyone's up to! The blog sure seems like a good way to keep eachother updated! Much love! ~Alex~