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Here is Arlington, land of Six Flags and stadiums

Hello everyone! We made it to Texas. What a crazy last few days it has been getting here. We have some pretty amazing stories though of what the Lord did to get us where we are.

We had a quick and easy drive down, well everyone except Quigley. He was pretty much a wreck the first ¾ of the trip. But, we got in to Arlington earlier than we thought and headed to our townhouse. This is where it gets interesting.

Outside the building was filled with trash and dilapidated buildings. This was not quite the welcome to the neighborhood we were expecting. But, we didn’t want to judge so we went inside. It didn’t get any better. Inside wreaked of cat urine, the light fixtures had been stripped, the counters were plastered in old crayons and nail polish, the tub was black, needless to say the list went on and were not staying here.

Talk about a disheartening day. We thought this was what the Lord had prepared for us. It looker perfect online and we even sent someone to go look at it and they gave it the ok. That was a pretty though night. But, we woke up in the morning and sought the Lord and He totally came through for us! He clearly spoke that the place He allows us to get into is where He has us. So, off we went to find an apartment and move in that day.

On our search we came across two places that would work. The first was gorgeous and we really loved it. The second was nice and would fill all of our needs, but didn’t feel like us. We liked the first place more, so we went to go get everything we needed to move in. While we were in line to get the money orders Kyle and I both felt sick to our stomachs. We knew the Lord was saying this was not it. So, trying to obey what we thought He was speaking we got the money orders for the second apartment and went back to the office.

When we arrived the manager set everything up and in less than two hours we were ready to move in. We started moving less than four hours after we found the apartment. It was the fastest move in he had ever done. The Lord is truly faithful and blessed us more than we could have ever imagined in ways that we obviously didn’t understand.

We have been praying for the Lord to move and it feels like He is doing that more than we ever thought. On Sunday we went to Gateway and encountered Him more than we have been recently. My parents have been here the last few days and have just blown us away by how awesome they are and how willing they are to help. They help us set up our entire house and just left this morning. We were so sad to see them go, but are excited for things to come.

Now that we are fully on our own we are excited to embrace more of what the Lord is doing. We are expecting Him to show us in big ways as He provides a job for me and continues to guide us through life as Texans. Thanks for all of your support and we love all of you soooooo much!

-Kyle, Katie and Quigley

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