apartment life

about 6 months ago, joey and i started dave ramsey's financial peace university at our church.  it taught us so much about how God wants us to view and use our money and also how a few small changes in our lives could really make a difference for our family's future.  we decided to cut cable, refinance the home we own in haslet, and put all "extra" income towards paying off my car. 

about 3 months ago, my sister kacy got a new job and we knew that she would be moving out and living closet to the school where she teaches.

also about that time, i started to feel a big push by God to stop working at the mother's day out that the boys attend and be more focused on our home.

needless to say, these little changes in our finances had me stressed. anxious. worried.

one night, as i was sharing with joey my desire to be able to save more and my worries about how we would do that, i stumbled upon an facebook post from a friend who works for apartment life. 

and i got excited.  i got passionate.  i mean, i cried about it.   

i want to live missionally.  i do.  but i get in my schedule, my zone, and i get busy with my friends.  so i forget about my neighbor.  i forget to talk, actually talk, to the girl checking me out at walmart.  i don't engage the other moms at the playground like i should. 

but here it was, an opportunity to work for a ministry where i'll be held accountable for meeting my neighbors.  for talking to the mailman.  for serving the apartment community.  oh and did i mention we get to throw parties?

we've been approved.  and now we prayerfully wait for God to place in a perfect apartment community, close to our church where we can LOVE our neighbors.

it's going to be awesome.