New House, New Life

So, we bought a house, or at least almost. We are supposed to close on October 30th and if all goes well with re-finishing the floors, we'll move in the first weekend of November. But buying a house isn't the main thing we are doing. Primarily, Joseph is starting a church, as Church of the Good Shepherd's first church-plant in Indianapolis. The end of this year marks some big changes for us and fulfillment of many hopes deferred. We waited for a baby for 5 years, specifically for our adoption to be completed for almost 2. We waited for God's calling on planting a church or going into an existing church. We waited to move to Indianapolis until our adoption was completed and now, suddenly everything is fulfilled! God has been good and we trust He will continue to be good. We do covet your prayers though, especially that Tate will transition well.

Yes, that is fake brick in the kitchen. I think it looks kind of cool, but will eventually paint it and the cabinets white. We're also working on getting appliances.
This is the basement. The original owners were apparently big fans of fake stone. They used this fake limestone in the basement.