Hospitality.

Over the past several months, we have experienced such wonderful hospitality from so many.  While in Columbia, MO we are blessed to have several families who have allowed us to stay with them for weeks at a time while AJ rotates through the hospital there.  We will continue to rotate through Columbia several months over the next year.

These past 2 months, however, we knew we were traveling to a place where we had no family, no friends, no connections.  But, still God provided homes for us to be in so that we could stay together as a family.  In May, we were in Lansing, MI and the hospital there had student housing available to us.  It was a whole house to ourselves which we paid rent for the month.  It was quite an experience - more on that another day.  This month, there was student housing available, but only for AJ - there would not be room for Wes and I.  So, we just started asking.

Does anybody know anybody who knows anybody who knows anybody in Grand Blanc, MI?

And, God provided.

AJ's Mom works with somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody. :)  We were connected through her coworker's son who did his fellowship at the Michigan hospital who goes a church there who has a family who has room in their basement.

I LOVE how the family of God works.

We were welcomed into this family's home- they have been so gracious.  We have enjoyed getting to know them, playing cards, going to church together.  We have a warm bed, kitchen, living room to spend time together as our family.  This has been a huge gift to us.  They asked for no rent, only that we pay it forward when we are in this position.  Absolutely.  We hope to be able to help families in transition as well whenever we are able.

If you're reading this and you're one of the families who have blessed us with such hospitality - THANK YOU.  You do not know what a gift you have given to us.

Romans 12:13

New International Version (NIV)

¹³ Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.