Monday, 08 June 2009

• So after almost 3 years in my current apartment (crazy!), we're moving.  Haha, ok, so we're really only moving upstairs in the same complex, but moving is moving :P.  It's strange to think about since in college, I never lived in a place for longer than 9 months at a time, and now I'm leaving my home of 3 years.  So it's gone through like 4 makeovers, tons and tons of work, and been the giver of multiple floods, insect attacks, leaking ceilings/walls, was the second home for upwards of a dozen neighborhood kids, and it was my first home in the city.  There is some sort of sentimental value in that, a feeling that it's where God began His deeper work of developing my heart for the city and the oppressed.  It is where I continued to learn how to be a person of hospitality, how to hold my possessions loosely, how to have my door be open for the neighborhood at all times, it is where God reinforced that a life with Him means a life that doesn't belong to me.
  
  So now, while we're moving, it's so strange to think about how life will be different.  I'll still be doing neighborhood ministry, but our old apartment will still be home base for ministry.  We are passing the torch! :)  We'll still be available at all hours for the kids, but our space will have more of a sense of calm, of peace...a safe haven to find rest.  I don't think that I've "paid my dues" and can now enjoy a nicer apartment because I've earned it, but I do think Jesus is moving me into a slightly different season...a season of training others, becoming a little more hands-off with the day to day, as well as a season of preparation for my next adventure.  I think our new living situation is conducive for that.
  
  Anyway, I think I'm really excited for the new place.  We're partially moved in...we've got the basics done.  So we're actually sleeping in it tonight.  The goal's to be done by Friday.  Will keep you updated on the housewarming party :).
  

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