Over the past month or so God has been tangibly showing his faithfulness to us in unexpected ways. There are many, many big and small areas that He has chosen to glorify himself, but I will not give an exhaustive list, rather highlight some of the bigger ways.
First off our new place in East Van. We had been focusing our attention on a specific area, being that we feel it might be where God wants us to plant. It is extremely important to us to be living in the neighborhood we want to plant in. While driving home from an unsuccessful trip to the area in searching for a place to rent, out of the blue Matt wondered aloud, "Do you think we should look at the map of Vancouver again, to make sure we still feel we are looking in the right area?". Okay, why not? Once home Matt discovered an area we had never noticed before. (It is called Grandview-Woodland, sounds nice right) Why don't we start looking there? It was between where we had been looking and where we would be working in a plant for the next 2 years. The only problem was we had not seen anything come up for rent in that exact area. None the less Matt picked out a rectangular area on the map based on some of the main roads, "Wouldn't it be cool if we could move right into the centre of that area?" Next day a place popped up smack dap in the center! We go see it. It is not prefect, no dishwasher, stained carpets and a bit smaller than we had hoped for. But there were many things about it we loved, the young couple who own it and live up stairs in particular. The only problem was, it was to be rented for August 1, and we are in a lease until August 31. But we prayed and applied anyway. They offered us the place for August 15th, but we could not justify paying half a months rent at 2 places, especially not when rent is as high as it is around here! We even had family generously offer to pay for the 1/2 month if we really wanted the place. But we felt firmly, if it was God who wanted us there, it would be more cost effective to let him figure it out. We told them no, but we wish we could, and lets get together for a BBQ sometime anyway. One hour later the phone rang again, "We would like to offer the place to you for Sept 1st, it is important to us that we have the right people." Thank you Jesus!
So I don't have a dishwasher and it has a very small living room. BUT it is on a lovely street, with character homes and large beautiful trees that arc over the street. We are close to everything we need. We'll have lots of windows with screens, it is bright, we have a second bedroom and we are exactly where God wants us to be, because it was only Him who could have done it. Oh, and while they were getting it painted they decide to have the carpets replaced as well, too much! He gets all the glory, that is the way it should be. Plus I'll have the opportunity to pray more and memorize scripture as I wash all the dishes by hand.
God is so faithful. He is so good! He provides exactly what we need.
"Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment, for we brought nothing into this world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content." 1 Timothy 6:6-8
To be continued...
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