Let there be light!

And God said, "Let there be light in the Huston's home," and there was light.

Isn't that what Genesis 1:3 says? Ok...so maybe those aren't the exact words, but Gene and I have been very excited that God has provided a townhouse for our family which means we'll be moving out of our basement apartment. Since September of 2005 we've been living in the Tolker's basement apartment, which has no windows (except the window well in our bedroom where a dead bird found a nice place to land and the window on our front door which looks out to a cement wall....nice scenery, huh?). Mr. and Mrs. Tolker have been two of the kindest landlords ever! From letting us paint our kitchen bright purple, to fixing our cars when they broke down in their driveway, and (the biggest surprise yet) yesterday saying, "We'll just leave it as a reminder that the Huston's used to live here," after Gene asked Mrs. Tolker how we should fix the hole in the wall that Heman ate through. They have been too kind to us!

Despite living in the dark for the past 32 months, we have loved our little underground home (well, I have had my moments) because it helped us save money to pay off all our debt. God graciously provided this home for us so that we could use our finances to better glorify Him. So, moving into this townhouse is just another gift that God has provided to our family. Pretty soon our little guy will have his own bedroom and we'll have plenty of space to host Care Group and summer picnics (yea!). We're very excited to have more room to roam around and use to host family and friends....a desire of mine for the past three years!

Well, it's time for me to get back to the chaos of boxing up all our possessions. Moving day is the 31st. We'll post some pictures after we move in.