Proverbs 13:12

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is the tree of life.

                                                                                Proverbs 13:12

David mowing with Peter at Grandma Marian's farm

Peter is a visionary.  For going on 2 years now, he has had the vision for our family to live in the country and start a small farm that will one day be able to support him and our family as his full time work.  I am very indecisive and if I am honest with myself (which I haven't been very much through this whole process), afraid of hard work and risks.  So, even though I have joined Peter on this adventure, I haven't done so very enthusiastically at times.  But as I let Peter know today, I am READY!  Ready, not just physically and mentally, but with my whole HEART to follow him and join him in his vision for our family.

It has almost been a year since we uprooted from Colorado and moved to North Dakota.  We are living in our 3rd temporary place since last summer and have looked at many different houses and land.  Our prayer has been for God to open doors where He wants us to go and close them if He has something better. That's where "hope deferred" comes in for us!  That's also where God has protected us and answered our prayers over and over again!  I have lost count of how many rejected offers we have had.  Peter worked and worked on one land deal that we thought would be a pretty sure thing, and after months of waiting, the owner decided not to sell.  Once, we had a signed contract in our hands, with a closing date set of June 30, 2011 for an immaculately kept home on 7(ish) acres (really too small for what Peter was hoping) only 3 miles from town!!  I got REALLY excited about having our own home again and then shed a few tears when we had a chance to walk away from the deal and did.  (Peter had found out that since this place was under city jurisdiction which meant a limit of one animal per acre, i.e. a chicken is a dog is a cow is a horse, so 7 chickens OR 7 cows...weird rule!) 

Now, we are in the midst of another possible land deal.  Only God knows His specific plans for our family.  We are excited again at the possibility of our desires coming to fruition.  We are also ready to once again have our hope deferred, trusting that God has something EVEN BETTER for us!