A Really Quick Update

Super short, quick update! We are so excited to be in the repair and remodel stage of our Hurricane Harvey saga! Thanks to some family members and friends, we were able to hang sheetrock 2 weeks ago. That gave us a HUGE boost up to move the process along. We have hired help to finish prepping the floors and installing some smaller items like a tub and toilets. We just approved a quote to get the taping and mudding completed next week! Other subcontractors were quoting up to 12 weeks out just for THAT job alone!  We have someone working on kitchen cabinets while the drywall and tile work is finished. Lord willing, we can have a lot of that taken care of by Thanksgiving.

Truly, it was the Lord’s hand in orchestrating all of this. We don’t even have a response from our insurance company, yet we have been able to get a fast and sudden jump on the process! Workers in the area are so overwhelmed and swamped that many don’t even respond to our requests for quotes. We thank God for our helpers that got us moving on drywall and then the referrals to get us quotes and installation work done.

The plan now is to continue living with our wonderful, generous host family until we can rough it in our own home. We will continue remodeling and at this pace, we may have it rebuilt before the insurance company even gets back to us!

Thank you to everyone who sacrificed financially to help us get back on our feet! We know many other people have been asking how to help and we had said “maybe later” because we didn’t really know the entire scope of our needs 2 months ago. Well, considering that things are moving along somewhat quickly, we are thinking about using the seasonal sales and Black Friday sales to get a jump on reaccumulating some of our necessary earthly treasures. In response to your requests to help, we will be publishing an Amazon wishlist a few days before Thanksgiving. The best part about an Amazon wishlist is that you DON’T HAVE TO BUY IT ON AMAZON to be able to mark the item as “purchased”. You can see a sweet deal in a local store and buy it there, but then go mark the item as “purchased” on their wishlist so there aren’t duplicates.

This is definitely the fun silver-lining to the tragedy of losing our home. The anticipation of seeing our little home remodeled is exciting! Thank you for being here with us and for following along in our journey! May we each be encouraged as we see God victoriously meet our needs in ways beyond our capability. It’s really cool!!