moons over my hamline house

not the best picture ever... but we don't really have a camera at our place... so group pictures are hard to come by... this one is from my camera phone. i promised an update with pictures and trust me, that is coming soon! but for now, this will have to do :)

it's amazing to me how fast the time is going by in this house... we've already been here for a little over two months! so much has happened and i feel like i've filled you all in on so little! here are a few things that have happened since we moved in...

relational tithe - this is something that our friend joey cavalier started up right when we moved into the hamline house & it involves people from our community at resonate. we all give money to this account on a monthly basis... approximately 3% of our income... then joey, myself and heather all spend time together praying to God... asking how He wants us to bless others who's needs are not being met. we've already been able to help out 4-5 people with their needs including rent & gas money! the relational tithe has contributed about $400 to the hamline house to help with expenses! what a blessing that has been! this month we're planning on helping out a single mom who is working 3 jobs to support her family... i feel so honored to be involved in God's jubilee economics...

community dinners - we have been having community dinners on saturday nights at our home. we spend the day cooking and cleaning... preparing our house for guests... & then we invite our friends, family and neighbors over for a meal and fellowship! this has been so wonderful to be a part of! we've had a different mix of people every time & i think people have really enjoyed getting a taste of what we're doing here & what we're all about.

family nights - every thursday night we have a family night for the peeps living in the house. we kind of have an alternating schedule of events that we do on thursday night which include prayer & worship nights, an hour or two in silence & solitude, spending some social time in our neighborhood with each other, and reading through a book called Manna & Mercy by daniel erlander which i HIGHLY RECOMMEND! it's pretty much set up as a childrens story book... but the content is far from childish.

so yeah... we're here... we are taking steps forward... we're starting to see God work through this community of people living together on purpose... we're bringing the kingdom to each other & experiencing growth in wonderful and painful ways... and this is just the beginning...