Urban Gardening

Curtis told me a while ago that for Mother's Day this year he was putting in a vegetable garden for me.  Well, when he decides to go for it there ain't no stopping him.  We had 18 yard of loam delivered on last Tuesday.  I thought it was a bit much, and when he got home from work so did he. We shoveled, shoveled and shoveled, flattened, hilled, shoveled in some organic compost, found some cheap fence from craigslist and voila... this is how we ended.

We have more than 20 apartments that look down on our backyard.  It has taken some getting used to but I  am okay with it now most days.  I hope that things grow well, and the neighbors can enjoy seeing life sprout from out their windows.  

We have some new neighbors now.  I am not sure if we recruited them, or if God directed.  I am hoping for the latter.  Either way it is nice to have friends and believers on our street.  They have daughters as well and it has been wonderful for our little girls to have someone that they can play together with on a regular basis. They also have older girls so that has been nice for our family all around. 

We usually go to church together at East Auburn on Saturday night and after we all get together for a meal, we talk about the service, the kids play etc..   I guess you could say, I don't feel so alone at the moment.  

I wonder what God has in store for us, I watch and wait, I listen to the Spirit,  I pay attention to everything on the street.  I'm waiting for the opportunity.  Maybe, I have been having them in the regular day to day , I am not sure but something in me says to be watchful and ready for God is moving, is here, is working and is going to do something more.  I liken it to preparing the garden. You do a lot of work getting ready,
(maybe like the work we did on the house),  you move in (like planting the seeds), you take care of what you have, you tend it , weed it, careful to not step on the seed rows.  And then you wait, you wait to see what comes up.  What new life is going to spring up on Shawmut Str.  Only God knows and I want to be ready.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.  Jer 29:11

You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.  Is. 55:12

Homeless to Homeowner....We made it into the Sunday paper

Overall I thought it was a good article.  Although, I can't believe how many read the Sunday paper.  We made a couple phone calls today and when we said our names they responded with .."Oh are you the Roundy's from the Sunday paper?"  It is a little bit embarrassing having our stuff out there but if it will help someone I guess that it's all good. A writer from the Sun Journal has been doing a series on homeless youth in Lewiston.  A mutual friend contacted the writer from the paper and said she should interview us because we had teenage children and were one of the families that the school had worked with that was giving back to the community.  I was honored that this person felt that way, how could I say no.

If you find yourself reading my blog and wonder how we did this we would be happy to get in touch. Just leave a comment.


http://www.sunjournal.com/news/lewiston-auburn/2012/04/22/one-familys-journey-foreclosure-homelessness-back/1164216