A Blog.

I write to you today with no stories of my life.

There will be no photos in this blog.

I write today only to tell you that for the last 2 plus weeks (maybe even the last month) the workers have been "finishing the building." I've lost track of how many times the head builder has told us he was days from "finishing the building." If you've built before, you might be shaking your head along with what I'm saying. But unless you have built in a 3rd world country, I don't know that you could even start to understand the obstacles we've been facing.

One day I hope to share some or all of the story but not today, because the thought of reliving some stories is to much to think about right now.

Today just like so many others I process. I stand my ground, not expecting perfection but just that things get done and I try to keep myself together.

I just keep reminding myself that more than likely these guys live in houses that are nothing like the one they are building. So we have different expectation.

I think they are now really with in days of finishing, and while I would love to say each day gets easier... it does not.

Like so many things in life... giving up would be the easy thing to do. But this is about so much more than a new home for Nunu and I. When we move, it frees up space for an new office and other new spaces. So I do my best and I rely on the Lord to get me through each day, each hour and sometimes each minute. I know He is using this time to teach both Nunu and me.

I'm curious to see down the road how this experience will be used. Like so many hard moments in my life, I look back and see how it prepared me for something else. Something so much bigger than the hard moment.

Above all, my prayer is that each day I'm more like Jesus. And not just when everything is going my way but in the hard moments too.

Thanks for listening and reading.
Amanda

Prayer Requests:
- I ask that you be praying for Nunu and me, as everyday is stressful for both of us in different ways.
- Also for our workers that they would finish well and do the best they can.
- For my health. I've had a head cold for about a week. It seems to be in my lungs now, as when laying down it makes me want to cough.