And the Beat Goes On

This has been quite a week. Many of you already know. On Thursday, my grandfather departed to be with the Lord. The only word I had swimming around my mind was, "Gain!" What a gain it was for him! When thinking about the fact that he got saved right before his mind lost all lucidity only reaffirmed the knowledge that his salvation was as miraculous and undeserving as my own. There was nothing he could offer God in that state. There was nothing I could offer Him when He saved me. In the end, all the glory goes to Him.

Last week, I mentioned an upcoming move for the Orozco's but haven't been able to elaborate on that. Well, with the desire to give more to the church, and begin really building our savings while getting rid of some pesky debt, Sergio and I have decided to move into his parent's house for six months to a year. We plan on being completely moved in two to three weeks. I feel really blessed to have been able to live with Sergio in our humble apartment for this last year and a half. I think that being on our own has been significant in building and fortifying our marriage (especially the early months). But as our marriage grows, our desire to grow our family grows along with us. While neither one of us believes it necessary to have a substantial amount of money before having kids (we know that the Lord provides), we think it would be wise to take advantage of this time we've been allotted to build considerable resources and get rid of some debt quicker than we would otherwise have been able to do along with giving considerably more to the church.

Trying to pack up our lives in two weeks is going to be difficult. Not all of our things are going with us so this entails discerning what we can/need to bring with us and what needs to be kept at my parents' house in my old room. This also means very limited resources. I have to keep my fridge very sparsely stocked and I need to begin packing our cookware and plates and such. So far, we've been very blessed as my parents or Sergio's parents have been having us over for dinner. And tomorrow a family from our church is having us over. We are so thankful for all the relationships we've been blessed with and excited for the new stage of our lives as we sacrifice a few things for the ability to honor the Lord in prudence with our funds.