Our Virginia Home

So in the midst of our crazy fall schedule, we added in one more BIG item...we bought a house!

For the last 2 years, we have been learning the area, settling in, and doing what we can to make Virginia home. We knew a big step in that process would be putting down permanent roots and buying a house, but we were not quite sure how that was going to work. We have been trying to adjust to the cost of living in this area {much higher than Texas}, and as everyone recognizes right now...inflation and home prices are crazy. But we continued praying and asking the Lord to show us His will.

And He has {once again} provided! When I say that there was no possible way that we could have afforded a home in this market...I really mean that. We were pretty sure we were going to have to spend our savings renting for a few more years. But, of course, with God...nothing is impossible :)

We are SO excited about our new home. It's in a really great neighborhood with amazing neighbors {we share a street with one of our elders}. We got to enjoy a sweet welcome BBQ with many of the neighbors in the cul-de-sac. We look forward to deepening relationships with our neighbors, and we pray we can use our home as a light in the neighborhood. This house is beyond anything we could have hoped for, and we cannot wait to move in!

Part of the blessing the Lord has provided in the midst of this process is that we are able to do some renovations on the home, able to make it our own. It's still in process, and we hope to move in before the end of the year. I'll be sure to share more on the remodel project later.

For now, we are in the midst of packing and finalizing decisions for the remodel. We have also been making trips to the house for varying projects, but mostly to attempt to manage the MASS amount of leaves that are falling from our gigantic oak tree!

We were there when some remodeling materials were being delivered!

The leaves are going to be an all-family, all-fall project :)

Praise God for His {continued} gracious provision!