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While Away from Blog Land…

In trying to identify why such blog silence (if 2 weeks is really silent at all) is because the first week after elections I realized that weather (-25 C = -13 F)  and the apartment are zapping every ounce of energy we have! We canceled language lessons for a week and gave our 110% to finish buying everything we need for the final remodeling details. It was below zero every day, as we headed out in 3 layers of clothing, praying that the van would start, keeping the battery on the heated bathroom floor overnight, in hopes that we’d able to drive and not have to walk around each day. Our van, a ‘94 Volkswagen (diesel) was out of commission for 3 days, simply from the chill. And we were trying not to panic because we knew we were going to Krakow (8 hrs. away) for almost a week, and wouldn’t be available to troubleshoot problems and buy materials. Thank goodness we hired a wonderful project manager, who helped us make sure everything was in place.

I remember going to bed on Saturday, not sure if our van would even make it to Poland the next day, feeling like a slave to this apartment. We really needed the trip to Poland! We’ve been praying about our time investment in this apt. effort, and we believe God has blessed us with a great opportunity, the project has gone considerably smooth considering some very odd circumstances, and there is only a month left in the project, which has actually come in UNDER budget. We just needed to get out of dodge and invest our energy in something even more valuable than property: our marriage. Read above for more details of a remarkable conference.