"Here is the bottom line: do not worry about your life. Don't worry about what you will eat or what you will drink. Don't worry about how you will clothe your body. Living is about more than merely eating, and the body is about more than dressing up. Look at the birds in the sky. They do not store food for winter; they don't sow or reap - and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. And you are even more precious Him than a beautiful bird. If He looks after them, of course He will look after you.

Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and then all these things will be given to you. So do not worry about tomorrow. Living faithfully is a large enough task for today."

Matthew 6:25-26 & 33-34 (The Voice New Testament)

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

We have a house! :)

We found out yesterday afternoon that our 'dossier' (our paperwork) was accepted!!  I would have updated this yesterday, but I had a terrible migraine...sorry.  Thank you all sooo very much for your prayers!

We went to see the house again today so that we could take measurements, especially so that we can outfit the kitchen.  We basically have to add everything we want in it, except for the kitchen sink...lol...so the term "everything but the kitchen sink" really applies here.

At first, we weren't going to get the keys until next Tuesday.  Basically, though, since this weekend is Easter weekend, everyone has a long holiday; off for Easter Monday...ironic, huh?!  In a country that doesn't believe God exists...they still acknowledge a holiday celebrating Christ's resurrection!  So, since E.'s off, I was really hoping we'd be able to get in by at least Saturday, so we'd be able to do any painting and such to get it ready.  So I basically had him beg...I actually couldn't understand him, so I don't really know how much begging it took, but we are now getting in to it on Saturday morning!  Yay!!

You wouldn't believe the amount of things one has to sign here just to rent though!  It felt more like a closing on the sale of a house! Crazy.  However, for a good reason, I guess...here, if you go "belly-up" and don't pay, they basically can't kick you out of the house/apartment from like September to March.  Because it's in the middle of winter, and they can't legally kick you out!  So they go to great extents to be sure that they won't be put into that position.

We took all sorts of pics of the house...so I'm going to post some of them below.  Oh, our new town name? St. Pierre de Chandieu.  You can some pics of the town on this website....http://www.mairie-stpierredechandieu.com/.  Good luck with the French...  ;)

Oh, the coolest part of this town!  A couple of weeks ago, one of our coworkers, Cheryl, invited me to attend a craft club.  Clubs are big things here...there's pretty much a club for every kind of activity.  So the craft club meets in our little town!  Like a block from our new house! So I've already started getting to know some of the women from there!!  So cool! I've been to a quilting exhibition with some of them, and they've been very sweet to me.  It's really neat how the Lord orchestrated these relationships already...so cool! Now, I just have to learn how to speak to them!  Ugh....

Thanks again so much for your prayers!  Keep praying!  Especially for our language inability!! Lol...
Love, Jennifer (Enjoy the pics!...Well, you might not enjoy them as much as we do...we're pretty excited!)

Our street
Back Door


Front Door




"La cave" (basically just a tiled room)

Cute street lamp on the corner of our building

Spiral Staircase (with bathroom on left and closet on right)


See the middle section?  That's my "farm" ;)
Left door....ours



Kitchen...seriously

Front Door/Main Living Area



Next door

Our parking (See our van?)

Parking again...other angle

Pretty spiral staircase


Third floor (where all you visitors will sleep!)

3rd Floor again...from the opposite side of room

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