Day One...warm and sunny!
A new roof!
Cutting out walls!
Down comes the wall making room for a future side porch.
Lunch Anyone? :)
Monday, January 16, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
New Year
As our family enters into 2012 we realize that this will be a year full of many adventures and challenges. Our house has officially been added to the volunteer calendar, and we start working tomorrow. We are walking very humbly in this process, because we know that God is blessing us with an amazing opportunity.
When visiting another Habitat home in Elgin I learned that a volunteer had taken on the project of refinishing the original handrail going from the first to the second floor. This labor of love literally involved striping layers of paint off the large piece and recreating the missing pieces to complete the railing. I was moved to tears to think of the heart that went into this home, and now our home will be filled with love even before we move in.
Chris and I have lived in a spacious and gracious 1920's apartment, and in the basement of our friend's warm home (that was once a barn), and now we reside at my parent's handsome colonial home. In all these places we have found home, in each other and with our four wonderful children. That being said, owning a home represents something to a family and we are very ready to make a home together in the very near future.
In God's faithfulness to both of us, in our marriage, in our financial journey, and in the gift of our children there are so many stories or testimonies. Every story points back to God and how good He is. Through trial and through blessing He is our heavenly Father who loves us. He loves us so much that he gave us love through His only son Jesus.
Every volunteer that steps foot in our home and the other Habitat homes all over our Nation and world are a reflection of this love. For this gift, and the work ahead of us in this New Year we are extremely grateful.
1 John 4:7-12
"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us."
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Volunteer Up!
The Hunt Family Habitat House is Online!
To register to volunteer go to: http://www.volunteerup.com/Login.asp?w=i&o=175
Register to create a user name and password to log into the system
(Be sure to mark the "Family Partners and Friends" box)
Our friends and family can put in up to half of our sweat equity hours!
Log in and look at the calendar for "Sign Up" opportunities at 140 N Channing
Select the Shift on the day you want to volunteer
It will be under the "Family Partners and Friends" choice
Come and join us!
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
The Great Unveiling
Good news! On Saturday, October 29th there will be a "Great Unveiling" ceremony at our house site. Elgin city officials, Gifford Park historical society members, employees of Omron, the corporate sponsor, and our family will all be present. A small portion of the particularly ugly white vinyl siding will be removed to reveal the original wood exterior.
The work will continue after the ceremony, the goal being the complete removal of the vinyl siding. This process, along with a planned new roof done by a contractor feels like a real breakthrough. After watching, waiting, and praying, it seems that the work is really getting started! Initially, there will be more done by professionals, with volunteers coming on site in December at the earliest. Friends and family are welcome to come the the unveiling, the ceremony with be in the morning but the time has yet to be determined.
"And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit." 2 Corinthians 3:18
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Dreams and Visions...
The plans are being made right now for changes that will take place both inside and outside of our future home. My husband and I along with our children are very excited as we all have dreams and visions for what home will be like. My mind loves to think of interior colors and decorating options, while my husband talks about a place where he looks forward to being for quite some time. My oldest son wants a blue room, while the girls argue whether the room they might share will be pink or purple. And my middle son just wants to be sure his most precious possessions (his Cars bed and stuffed animals) will be there waiting for him when we move in.
It is very exciting to have these dreams and visions for a season, but we are more ready than ever for our season of waiting to come to and end. Making plans into a reality is where we all really want to be, waiting is usually not our first choice. We trust that this is still a good season, and that once we are working away on the house that time will fly along faster than ever. We would hat to rush through, and miss something that God is doing in our lives while we do wait.
We know that the plans will ultimately work together for our good, as God has promised in His word. We pray our faith would grow through the seasons, spring...summer...fall...and winter. We also know that in the end it will be worth the wait.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11
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