- IN A LITTLE under 2 years we have lived with 35-40 families - some just short term
- HAVING 2 hot water tanks - makes all the difference
- WHEN OTHER PEOPLE cook in the house, it makes you hungry or say "what the heck is that smell"
- INSTEAD OF asking to turn up the heat, some people will put outdoor propane heaters in the house in the middle of the night, not realized that the whole house would smell like propane and that we could all die. ha!
- EXTRA LABOR around the yard
- READING books like L'Abri inspires you
- My wife and I were married at 20, been married for 11 years, we know we are doing what God has called us to do.
Just some thoughts from down yonder.
thinkHOPE,
Mark
www.habitatforhope.org

- IT HAS OPENED the door for us dig deeper and to families lives and share Christ's redeeming love
- WE ARE BLESSED with lifelong friends
- WE GOT over it being weird a few months into it
- MY WIFE and I are loud people (I am hearing impaired) and we really don't care. Ha!
-WITH 2 FULL kitchens, you run out of something, you run down or they can come up an ask for it.
- WHEN it's quiet and empty - you realize how much you miss it
- WHENa new family moves back in, you realized how much you miss it
- MY KIDDOS have grown beyond their years socially and can carry a conversation with anyone.
- HAVING 21 people staying in your house at one time makes you laugh.

Los,
Been following your blog for some time now, but have never commented. We live up in Memphis, TN and have been living in community with families who have critically ill children for the past 3 years. The Lord has blessed us with the perfect house for our ministry. We usually have 1 family downstairs in the apartment that are with us for usually 2-5 months and the we have 2 guest rooms that are usually occupied 3-4 nights a week.
I have learned that
THEREis never a dull moment.
- MY 3 kids have CONSTANT playmates around
- I NEVER thought in a million years we would have an 3 different Amish families live us
- MY KIDS have learned not to run in the house because it's a wee bit loud for the downstairs family
- FRIENDS get concerned about coming over because it might be too many people, when we think the more the merrier.
- MANY people are allergic to animals ( we have 2 dogs)
- SOME COUPLES fight loud, while some never do..at least we don't hear it ( we all fight.. if you don't something is wrong :) )
- SOME PEOPLE love to talk, some people want to be left alone