My blessings List

From the time that we discovered our Quimby street house to be such a mess, there have been countless blessings that we have seen & received. I decided to start a list.

Every day I am honestly questioning how this is all happening. I know that it is God's hand moving, but I feel so undeserving. There are so many other people who have issues way bigger than ours. Why have we been so blessed? I don't understand it, but I praise God for it and for using his church to minister to us in this time.

1. A lawyer friend (Mark VA) from church who was able to give me free advice about how to handle the situation & advised me to get the locks changed.

2. A locksmith who was cheap & came a 1/2 hour after calling.

3. Taking a wrong turn & ending up behind a plumbers truck, just after realizing I needed a plumber & didn't know who to call. He also came withing 1 hour of calling and was affordable.

4. My parents, my Mother-in-law Grace, Kelly H, Kelly B, Jane T, Jeni S, my pastor Steve, Kathy & Dennis S, DeWayne C, Molly T, neighobors from our Plymouth neighborhood; Misty & Larry, Kerri D; who have all come to help us in various ways. We already have others who are planning to help in the next few weeks.

5. My pastor, who is always looking out for me. He's on 'counter top duty' for the Quimby house and is planning on using some of his vacation next week to be at our house working. Seriously??

6. Drywall supplies, paint, primer, screening, cleaning supplies and lots of other things being given to us by friends.

7. Jane T, who's husband works at Holland Home had the epiphany of getting carpet through her hubbys work. When a new tennant moves out (or dies, I suppose) they re-carpet. They were tearing out some today which will find it's new home at Quimby street.

8. A dear friend, who I don't want to embarass by naming, gave us a loan to help with some of the expenses of all of this. This is HUGE! We were at the bottom of the barrel before this!

9. The administrative council from church is waiving our rent for a few months, until we are able to get renters in Quimby. This is also HUGE!!!!! Seriously, this will prevent us from missing mortgage payments, and will also enable us to not have to use our credit cards for this stuff.

10. Our insurance co is covering the water damage to our kitchen floors. We got the check today. After our $1000 deductible (which we DID NOT have to pay out of pocket) we got $1600 to pay for the repairs to our floors. WHOA!!!! We are required to spend $1000 on actual flooring supplies (no problem) and the rest is ours to do with what we want. This extra will help to pay for the kitchen cabinets & counter top which all have to be completely replaced.

11. The first day I went over to get the keys from our tenants, I met our new Quimby neighbors across the street, Mike & Tam. They are GREAT! We exchanged phone numbers and they have called a few times when it looks like there's people hanging around the house that shouldn't be. It's nice to have eyes on Quimby when we're on the other side of town.

12. PRAYER!!! We have so many people praying for us, and I truly feel strengthened by it.

13. This isn't related to the house, but yesterday I got the most encouraging email from a student that I've ever received. She's growing in her faith and passion for Christ and it is so encouraging to hear that youth group has been a part of that.