I’m a homeowner!  It’s finally official, I signed the closing papers today and I am now an owner of my first house.

It’s been quite a bumpy ride, a lot of testing of handing over control and trust of my life to God, and He is good!  It’s a crazy feeling, thinking of that house and saying, “I bought that!?”.  This is a big step in my life and I pray that this house will have the light of God bursting out of it, that it will be a place of direction in people’s lives and a place for growth and foundation.

I meet with my contractor on Monday to plan out the schedule for the construction on the house.  I’m having the following done:

• Carpet in the basement
• Refinish the stairs
• Carpet the bedrooms
• Update the flooring upstairs
• New windows
• New Furnace / AC / Thermostat
• New door

I’m also having a house warming party where some friends and I will get together and write prayers and encouragement on the floors and walls before they are finished and a party to paint the house.  I plan on moving in to the house 2 – 3 weeks from now, for the time being I am blessed enough to have a sister and family to let me crash at their house temporarily.

Thanks for your prayers and words of encouragement.  God has definitely been at work throughout all of this.