Sunday, August 23, 2009

Spectacular Sunday

This was a beautiful day.

It began with breakfast with Zander. He'd been asking me to take him out for breakfast - just he and I - all week. During breakfast he told me "I'm happy on the inside and mad on the outside." I asked him what he meant and he explained that he's happy to be in Japan but sad that we left TX. I thought that was a great thing for him to articulate.

We raced home, got dressed, and headed for chapel. Chapel was full.....I'm guessing 180....Mike says they had 200 chairs sat out...and we were putting out extras....numbers aren't a big deal...but I gotta tell you it is exciting to see folks excited about what chapel has to offer. Two women picked up the Request for Consideration to be on the local PWOC board. I keep praying that God shows up mightily in our midst.

We grabbed lunch at the restaurant in the community center. Chapel currentlymeets in the community center as we await the completion of the chapel renovation.

Mike went to another service...for a bit.

The kids and I headed home...then we drove to the Lemon Lot and met the man who was selling our new Prairie Joy (see post below).

We decided to drive out to the building site and see what had been done since Wed. This fed our desire to be in a home...reminds us that one is being prepared. ::snort::

I'm feeling flu like...Stacia has had some running trips to the bathroom this evening...Mike is feeling wonky.... and a new week is about to begin.

Windy - after I wrote you I realized that my folks and kids would probably like to see the area we're moving to too.....I could have saved you space in your inbox. Oops. LOL Here are some photos from our outing. We discovered it only took 13 minutes to get to base today....we went to a different gate.

Scenery across from our subdivision
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Main road that leads to the subdivision
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Turning into the subdivision
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Looking left from the T

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Looking right from the T
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Our house - one thing that is sad to me is that the plans call for concrete out front and a carport to the left of the door.....it's the Japanese way...but I'd sure be happier with grass. ::snort:: I know that sounds ungrateful...but I'm simply being real.
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Our house with US in front of it....expect this to be a weekly shot. ::snort::
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Since Wed. they've poured the front step, installed a door, painted the gray stuff, and framed in the patio off the dining room. We also can see the stairs are framed in....and it looks like a closet or something in the kitchen and a counter or study area in one section...since we can't read Japanese we aren't quite sure what they plan to put inside...but we could figure out the basics.
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Jared contemplates the lay of the land
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The red flag is our boundary....hope they don't put up a fence. I rather enjoy the wildflowers.
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I need to take the Nikon next time for a good shot of the horses.
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Choosing Joy!
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~ Coram Deo ~
Living all of life before the face of God...

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow looks great

Josiah

Linda said...

Wow! The house is awesome, DeEtta... hopefully worth the wait.

Romany said...

DeEtta, I've been away for a few days. Is this house definitely yours now? All the exemptions were approved? That's great news!

We had our farewell party with Windy tonight and I'm feeling very sad. But also really grateful that you are helping her figure out the housing situation in advance of their arrival. Thank you and bless you for that.

Lois said...

If I didn't know you were in Japan, I'd say it looks like the midwest USA. Nice modern development on the edge of town, horses grazing in the pasture....I sure hope and pray it'll work out now.

Liz in OK said...

Yep, looks like the Midwest to me too.

Is this housing addition for military people or are they just all new houses & you'll be living among local families?

Anonymous said...

Much more rural than the Tokyo/Yokota area!! Beautiful!

DeEtta @ Courageous Joy said...

Dorothy - this is OFF BASE.

This is housing open to all....so we hope we have some Japanese neighbors...the horse man is Japanese....but they do build and keep the rent near BAH levels to appeal to military.

It is RURAL and we love it. LOL

Cynthia said...

Looks like it'll be worth the wait! YEA!

Cynthia said...

I haven't quite figured out if you're renting or buying. Did you say and I missed it?

DeEtta @ Courageous Joy said...

RENTING - we aren't allowed to buy in Japan.

Anonymous said...

Sis: YEAH!!!! Looks nice the new home. Will be so neat. Love the woods and farmland. Praying for contacts with whomever lives near you.

Lose Stacia's look as she moves along the fence. ???

So neat you going out with Alexander and him sharing so much. WOW! AWESOME! What a doll!

The yard will allow you to container garden. Will be nice to not have all the weeds etc. ??? Whatever??? trade yard work and mowing for other stuff.

l/p --- Mom T