Photo #8: June 27th

Stacy and I took a bit over half of the day off on Friday, borrowed my dad's small trailer, and began moving trash, junk and treasures from our garage, our office, and in some other storage places. The goal? We were making room for our friends, Brandon, Kathy and Emily Davidson, to move into our house with us!

That might sound crazy to some people, but it makes perfect sense, really. First off, Stacy and I try to be Christians, and some dear friends were about to have to move to Arkansas to restart their lives. Opening our home to the Davidsons is a simple act of love. Second, we really are not THAT crazy about the whole "American Dream" of getting and spending and providing for only ourselves. We are GREAT at getting and BETTER at spending, and WAY TOO GOOD at taking care of our little family above all others, but that all seems pointless.

Having a little community feels like the right start to something. I could go on and on.

Here's our garage on Saturday--this photo will have to count for two days, since those two days were equally consumed by moving, dumping and storing crapola!:

What does it mean that this photo shows our garage in an IMPROVED condition?! :o)