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We are "supposed" to be moved out of this house in one week...

Here is where we stand:

We haven't found somewhere else to live yet! Every time we think we may be getting close to something, it falls through. This is quite a journey in trust, reliance, vulnerability,and patience.
The last of which, by the way, has been running kind of short with some of us here this week! :P
It is just hard to function on a day-to-day basis, not having an idea of what may happen next.

I think the thing that is most frightening to my parents(and, myself!), is just knowing that someone else in the family could come down(well, I guess its more of a surfacing thing. Because probably we're allot more "sick"(immune system wise) then we can even "see" right now.)with something at any moment. And that is just scary. Why this has all happened, I may never fully...
But, what I do know for now is that we are sick(Sethers, especially!), and that this house is toxic, and that we cannot afford to outright buy another house to live in, and that we haven't in our searching been able to find anything that seems "right"(size, condition,price) to rent, and that I should stop writing before I get to blue :P

So Friends,...please pray for us, and please keep keeping your eyes, ears & hearts open, as will we! Because I have a feeling(ok, I know), that this week will fly by WAY to quickly!

Thanks, Friends!

~Mallz, for the D-Gang

Our Dream...

There is a song that says:

"There's a place for us,
Somewhere a place for us.
Peace and quiet and open air
Wait for us
Somewhere..."

Well, this might be a little sappy sounding, but the words to this song, in part, perfectly describe our family's dream farm.

In our vision for the "perfect" place for us to live, we see this;

A place with enough land to grow our own food; fruit trees, space for a huge organic garden, and enough pasture to grow our own organic meat!
Barns to house our milk cow(s), and also enough chickens for meat & plenty of eggs!
We love to home-can our own fruits and vegetables :)
Somewhere where we cannot only survive, but thrive!
All of our immune systems have suffered from living in a house with mold; and we believe the best way to get back to healthy living would be "open air", and healthy organic foods!

A house big enough for us to "live"; room for all of our instruments & music supplies, room for all our home school supplies, a kitchen big enough to handle the amount of dishes it takes for our family! A living room big enough for us to "live in", we love hanging out together!
Oh, and bathrooms! More then two would be a dream ;)

We aren't afraid to work hard. We've had some animals before(meat cow, pigs, lots of goats, chickens!), and we really miss them!
We love living in the country, its the best!

"There's a time for us,
Some day a time for us,
Time together with time to spare,...
...Someday!
Somewhere.
We'll find a new way of living,...
...Somewhere."

"A new way of living"; free from the incessant headaches, the frequent return of coughing & sniffles(reactions to the mold), bladder abnormalities, allergy's that we never had before(BAD cases of poison oak/ivy!), fear problems, unexplainable stomach pain, and who knows,...maybe even free from the juvenile arthritis and type 1 diabetes! We believe it is possible!

"We have a dream..." And that is to be able to function & live healthily, to be able to give a little more then we take; to be able to bless others with our time, energy & skills.
This is our dream, this is what we pray for. That we can serve others together; in a greater capacity then we ever have before.

~The Devines

Upside Down & Topsy Turvy!

The title of this post is pretty much a description of how things have been feeling around the Devine house for about the last two weeks! Because, as some of you have heard, we received an eviction notice from our landlord on Friday the 2nd. So, 30 days from reception of our letter, we are supposed to be packed up, and moved out. We have done this once before, moving in thirty days, but, that was a special case; we only ended up moving barely 2 miles away! Not too hard of a task :) But this time we really don't have a clue as to where we will be going,...at least not yet.
So this is just to get y'all a little update as to what we're up to right now ;) As some of you know, we have been looking for a different house to live in since we found out about Seth, but now we are REALLY into the whole house-hunting gig! Trying to clean & pack more as much as we can each day, though its pretty tough to do when we don't have an idea of what kind of space we'll be moving into! ;P
But, God is so good, and we are trying our best to just trust him with all the special details :)

We are so thankful for everyone who has already told us that they will keep their eyes & ears open for us, and that they are praying...we can use all the help we can get! Thank you so much.

And so, its back to work!

20 days & counting(down!)...

Problem with Paypal:

We have been informed, that our Paypal isn't working! Someone notified us that they had given, but it bounced back; has something to do with our account not being verified for this purpose. So, we are working on getting this fixed. But in the mean time, if you have tried to send us a love-gift, and it didn't seem to work, please feel free to contact us by email: always.foreverstrong@hotmail.com The Devine Kids

Thank you so much.

Blessings on your day!