We arrived in our country late at night on Feb. 23 still with no word about our housing. It was wonderful arriving home only 22 hours after leaving the DFW airport. Many of you were prying for us about our housing situation that came about before we came to America. We were asked 48 hours before heading home for our first stateside visit to pack up our entire house and move it to an empty hotel room with the uncertain plans to remodel our home by removing our kitchen sink and shower. We submitted this very stressful matter to the Throne because after all, we know our home is with Him. Over the weeks, many people gathered around us joining us in pryer as we lifted this up to Father.
The end of Luke 9 talks about the “Cost of following Him”. While stateside, Chris was asked to speak to a gathering of people. In his preparation, Father specifically gave him the words from Luke 9:57-58 to speak on. “As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” And the Son said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” This scripture gave us a strange sense of peace about our housing situation the entire time we were in America. It forced us to drop our expectations and submit to His truth.
After a few days in our capital, we headed back to our campus without an idea of where we would lay our head down at night. We arrived to our house to find people living in it. 3 beds in our bedroom and 2 beds in our living room. We were beyond shocked; however, it was something Chris joked about while in the states. After a few hours of calling and talking with the school and the hotel, we finally got a key to another room for a night's rest. We spent the next few days cleaning, fumigating, and clearing out all the cigarette smoke and trash so we could unpack. After a few weeks, we finally got everything unpacked and felt like we were back home.
Thank you all who kept us in your thoughts throughout this entire process.