Dream House

Did you know that the average American family moves every two and a half years? Rob and I were shocked to hear this statistic. Since Rob and I met he has been talking about this idea, dream even, of finding a place to settle down, build and call home, a place that we would have a ministry and welcome family, friends and eventually even grand-kids, a place we would grow old together. I have to admit I thought this was a dream that was not actually a possible reality, not to mention I am not future planner, I have never liked to think about growing old or even five years from now. Through a lot of prayer on both our parts I have joined him in this vision of a future and a hope for our family. It used to be that a husband and wife would buy or build a home and live there for the next 30-40 years or more, and even pass it on to their kids, this is a lost art, a lost sense of stability that we want to bring back to our home.
Recently I found a bronze plaque that says, "As for me and my house we will serve the Lord", God has always been the center of our relationship and the foundation that our family is built on, we are drawn to this idea of a family heritage and learning and teaching life lessons through this process of building our home.
In our search for where this house would be and where we would settle, we happened upon Maple Hill (west of Topeka), unlikely as it seemed, we were drawn there and not knowing for sure the ministry opportunities that God has in store for us there we found a lot that seemed to be just where we should be. A perfect peace is over this place and we are confident in God.
We intend to use our own hand to build a lot of this home, but our experience only goes so far, we are in need of experts to help us along, it is important to us that we are a witness to each and every person that works on this house and that they know the reasons we are building this home. We have prayed over our floor plan, we have our little piece of Maple Hill, and we are ready to begin this journey!