Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Lord, You have done great things!

Sorry that this post is a little late coming, as you know it takes a while to get set-up in a new place.


On May 30, 2008 we said goodbye to our little home in Wake Forest. Here is a photo of our front door. As we drove down the road toward Georgia the words of this song resonated with me as I thought about all that happened in this place...


"Lord, You have done great things.
And we are filled with joy"


There are too many praises to mention them all, but here are a few... The birth of our baby girl, provision for all of our needs, and a deeper walk with the Lord. The Lord did great great things here in our lives and the joy of the Lord overwhelms us!


Here is Davin with our neighbors Patrick and Josh. They helped us load the truck until 12:15am! And look they all have big smiles on their faces. Thank you also to Sean who came and helped us load as well.
This is one last shot of me and Davin in our almost empty apartment. It took us 9 hrs to load the truck and 5 to clean the apartment. As you can imagine we were tired, but grateful that our kids were at their grandparents.
Look at the confidence on my hubby's face. He did an amazing job driving the truck all the way to Georgia. Hudson thought the truck was cool and wanted to help daddy unload all our stuff.
I thought you might like to see what fun the kid's have been having at Gran's(Alisia's parents) house. We are staying with my parents in Jasper until we can relocate. Here is a shot of their back yard. Fun, huh! If you look close you can see the sand box on the left. They also have a kiddie pool and swing set.


Maybe Hudson and I will work on swimming lessons while we are here. And the rule is all little ones must wear a life jacket at the pool. We've had a good time at the pool this week. My parents have been out of town, so Davin and I have been in charge of taking care of the house and let me just say we've had plenty to do.
Here is Hudson riding his power jeep in the yard while Davin mowed the grass.
He also helped Davin was his car.

Another fun treat about being at Gran's is seeing cousins. Here is Naomi with her cousin Lila.
One day last week we took the kids over to the lake. Davin's grandparents live on lake Allatoona. Davin and his grandfather took Hudson out on his first canoe ride. It has really been a blessing to be close to family. We miss all our dear friends from Wake Forest, and hope you all are doing well.
We also have a huge praise!!!


Davin started work yesterday with a company called Academy Roofing. It is an incredible company that does excellent work. He will be working on their sales team. He is training this week with Stephen McGrew. The McGrew's are very dear friends of ours. We are so grateful for them and praise the Lord for his provision during this time. Davin is still pursuing the position of Senior Pastor. We know that it takes time to bring on a new pastor so until the Lord opens that door Davin will be selling roofs. The company's website is http://www.theroofingprofessor.com/ if you want to go and check them out, or if you need a new roof!


Also we just got new Cell numbers...

Davin: 770-304-6850

Alisia: 770-304-6852






6 comments:

Unknown said...

By the way, I'm not so sure that is confidence on my face in the big rig. I think I was just trying to keep the sun out of my eyes!

Davin

Tara said...

Praise the Lord! He has done great things!!!

I loved seeing the pictures of all that you have been up to- What a beautiful backyard and pool, and how neat that 3 generations of Benavides men could go on a canoe ride. So glad that you are near family again.

Praise the Lord for Davin's new job too, and for the incredible perspective you all have as you wait for God to lead you to the ministry He has in store for you.

We can't wait to see you all in just a few weeks! And tell Davin to try Jamie again tomorrow- He called him back but it must have been on his old cell.

Love ya'll and miss ya lots!

ME said...

Glad to see you are doing well! It sounds like the kids are having a blast. . .glad to hear about Davin's job. We'll keep an eye on you guys through the blog!!! We miss you guys :-(

Pam said...

Glad to hear about Davin's new job and that you guys are getting settled. We miss you! Look forward to keeping in touch and seeing lots of pictures in the upcoming days!

Stephanie said...

SO glad to see an update...been wondering what life looks like for you guys in the transition! we will certainly keep praying for the perfect church for yall as God opens His perfect door. looks like yall are having fun-jealous of the open-ended pool access! :)
this time last year we were doing swimming lessons together, or trying at least for us! poor AK-much diff. this year!
i know larry is loving keeping in touch with davin...it was wierd to see your empty apartment.

we will keep stopping by the blog.
stephanie

Travelin Fam said...

love the updates. it is great to see how the Lord is working and has been working in your family's life. that little apartment became home and you were sad to leave. God is good to send us where we need to be and not always where we want to be. I'm sure I'm going to learn that BIG time in the next year!!! Love you!!