Time to move

Cook's Short Order Update

Time is moving about the same speed it always has, like it or not. However, the last few days/weeks have seemed like a blur. We won’t bore you with the details except to say that we should be moving the end of this week.

According to whoever decides these things, our future landlord will be closing on “our” house this Friday. We are excited! We plan to sleep in the house Friday night. We shall see.

Last Thursday, it was so beautiful out that we took a picnic to a nearby lake and, well, enjoyed. When Seth jumped out of the van he jumped up on a boulder, took a deep breath, and with his arms stretched out yelled out, “Freedom!” We have so appreciated the apartments made available for us, but we will be so glad to move back to the country. This time just a few minutes from church.

We have appreciated the many ways many have expressed so much love and care and kindness. Thank you! We still have so much to care for since the fire. We would appreciate your prayer as we work through listing the contents and other details. By God’s grace, we are doing well and growing.

Gratefully serving with you,
Bruce, Michelle, Bryan, Nate, Caleb, Kaitie, and Seth

26 on the horizon

Number 26 is on the horizon. The other day I tried to count all the houses I remember living in since I was born. Course, I could be off by a couple. To my best knowledge, the apartment we are living in now is my 25th home.

After our house fire, Pastor David mentioned to our church family that we need a place to rent. A person heard the comment and was currently in the process of looking at and possibly purchasing a place to rent.

To make a long story short, he wanted to find a good family to rent to, and we are a family that needs a place to stay. God has some details to work out but it looks like 2 weeks from now (or so) we will move to [my] house number 26, AND God has provided so many more things. It's in the country, it has 5 bedrooms, Bunker will get to rejoin us, we can have a garden this summer, plenty of place to play and roam, really a nice place to call home.

Could we ask for one big thing for you to pray about? Closing for our future Landlord is around March 14. He and we would like to wrap this up sooner. Could you pray that if God will be honored that he could close much sooner and we could move much sooner? We have very little to move and are ready. We will have pictures and details as soon as things are final and we move.

Thank you so much for bathing us in prayer during the past weeks/months. We can feel it often. We love you!

Gratefully serving with you,
Bruce, Michelle, Bryan, Nate, Caleb, Kaitie, and Seth