The House...

Today was Grandparents' Day at NHCS. It has been an insane week, with so many crazy things happening. Andy was traveling this week and arrived home late last night. Early this morning, he had a breakfast 'date' with a friend to talk about buying their house. The girls were on pins and needles...and we had a code--2 thumbs up meant "we got it!", 1 thumb up meant "we're still working on it" and thumbs down meant "we need to find another option"! So guess what happened? I forgot about giving Jayna "the sign" and gave her 1 thumb up as she walked by me to sing in front of the Grandparents' Day chapel service! ACK! The look of fear on her face reminded me and then I did a huge 2 thumbs up and wished I had caught her expression on camera!

The short story is: the picture above is where we'll be moving...the girls will be able to walk to school, we will not all be fighting to use our 1 bathroom in the mornings and Ava will finally get to sleep in that beautiful 'big girl bed' that has remained empty in Colin's room ever since we tried to have them share a room.

The long story? Well, it's quite a testimony....a testimony of patience, of God's loving care for us, and a testimony of trusting God for the right timing. We serve a mighty God who does indeed know the desires of our hearts. Four years ago, I 'found' this house as a friend of mine went to pick something up from the current owners. I had the strangest feeling of "I have to live here"....but the house wasn't for sale. It became a joke and then around Colin's birth, we were asked 3 times in 1 year if we were ready to buy the house. Each time, there was NO WAY it would work--there were MAJOR uncertanties in our life each time; it was very clear to us that our answer continued to be "We'd love to, but we can't."

Over the last years, people have asked me why we were not thinking of moving and I always said "God will have to be really big--I just don't see it working out." We became content with our cozy little home (cozy for 6 people!) and continued to wait on God. In April, we found out about the KC re-organization...yikes...and that stress lasted almost all summer, until the end of July. It wasn't until the beginning of August that we even thought about selling our current house, and that endeavor really took up all our energy and time until just recently. I (Katie) went to many open houses with the children and each time, I was affirmed that the above house was "the house" for our family.

So many details have worked together to make this a reality for our family--it truly is a blessing from God. The economy that has been such a struggle for so many has helped us in many ways...interest rates, selling our little home fast etc. I never thought it would all come together...but God has been REALLY BIG.

The other day, the children were watching a DVD that mentioned Psalm 78 verse 4 "We will not hide these truths from our children but will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord. We will tell of his power and the mighty miracles he did." Buying and selling a home....it's commonplace. But for the 6 Glynns, this situation has been all for the glory of God, a tremendous blessing that we never could have imagined would work out, yet was the desire of our hearts. Praise be to God!

Now.....how to move with children--THIS is an endeavor that I said I'd never do; I would only move if KC did all the work. Hmmm.....I guess this is a lesson in "never say never"!