Sui Generis

It has been a long time since we've written any updates on our blog and with some insistence here we are again. From the last time we've posted a lot has occurred. First, we moved from our apartment up on Lookout Mountain to some apartments near the mall. It was a great 2 bedroom 2 bathroom apartment with more than enough space for the two of us. We were located on the 3rd floor and near the car wash spot of the complex (one of my personal fav's). The complex had a nice pool (Kelly's fav) and two fishing ponds, were the local residents would catch the same fish over and over again and take pictures with it as it if was a impossible catch. You would think that after seeing the 12 holes on the fish's mouth they'd understand that it was the same fish everyone else had caught previously, but apparently not. Another really great feature about living there was that it was a gating community and good people. The location was excellent as the farthest grocery store was 7 minutes away, everything else was just right around the corner. Also the Chickamagua Dam was just 10 minutes away and I loved to fish there. Once Kelly was up in Washington for a wedding and I was out fishing at 1 am with a bunch of other strangers. I was bear foot because the water came over the sidewalk from where I fished and the water was very warm. Those were good times. Second, I had returned to Covenant and completed one of the 3 semesters I'm missing in order to graduate. If you remember I took a year off once Kelly and I had gotten married. During this time as well, doing school and also working at Chick-Fil-A for while I was on a search for a house for Mom and Dad where in Tennessee and Georgia. After a little more than a year and half of looking for a house and sending listings to dad to go through and even taking them to see houses every time they would come up, we finally found the perfect place. It was exciting because I didn't like memorizing real estate. It came to the point where you couldn't open a magazine or a website and show me a house that I hadn't already seen several times.

The New House

The new house previously owned by a Christian couple with 3 kids. They were a very loving family and everybody who knew them knew that. They hosted many Bible studies and church related activities in the house. They were also acquainted with many people we knew, including the Waldeckers. All through our their house were verses describing their love for the Savior and their love for service. When previewing the house they welcomed me in on any of my spontaneous visits and trusted me. There really wasn't any question in my mind that this was the house the Lord had been saving for Mom and Dad due to all the signs I had seen. I was tired of not finding anything that could match the description Mom and Dad wanted I was about to give up. Mom wanted a house that had an old look and feel to it, Dad wanted a custom made house that was new and not old. Then one day as I was talking to Dad through Skype I just happen to be browsing through real estate listings and a new listing appeared with the words, "Custom made home with old world charm." Ironic right? Needless to say I showed it to Dad and he liked it and show it to mom whom also liked it. And to make a long story short here were are. Dad came up from Peru to finish last transactions and to move us into the new house. We were excited but it was right at the time of my final papers and exams so it wasn't the most convenient but I can't complain. I passed all my classes and we love the new home.