Financial Update

How He Brought It To Pass

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To sum up: The Lord God heard all our prayers and He answered! . . .And He answered even beyond what we prayed for!

Sold Our House
We asked you to pray that our house in Mableton would sell by Columbus Day (October 9th). The people buying our house came to see it the day before Columbus Day and gave us a formal offer two days after Columbus Day! Please pray that the closing goes well – it was scheduled for November 8th but has been postponed a day or two due to some technicalities (incomplete paperwork) on the buyers’ side.

Support Provided
We still need approximately $200 per month more to be at our minimum goal, but compared to where we were support-wise a year ago, it is simply amazing! What’s even more amazing is how God provided again and again through unexpected and unplanned avenues. Praise the Lord!

Home in Orlando
It’s still coming together, but it looks like we will be able to purchase a new home in Orlando which is within walking distance of Campus Crusade for Christ Headquarters!! Originally, the price of this home was way more than we could afford. After they accepted our low-ball offer, we can only give credit to the power of prayer through God’s amazing kindness. See more.

General

Our Sending Church

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We will love and miss all our friends from Westside Baptist in Mableton, Georgia. They have become our home church and are sending us out with love to the Lord’s work in Orlando. Today was extremely special as the church had a special prayer time for us during the service and then blessed us with many nice send-off gifts.

Westside is a very small church by Atlanta standards, but their influence is incredibly broad. Check out the excellent selection of audio messages from our pastor, Dr. A.T. Stewart. Several of his sermons have been downloaded hundreds of times – even from multiple locations overseas. People everywhere are searching for the topics Dr. Stewart is addressing from God’s Word. . .and they are listening! This is significant. The Word is going out much beyond what we can see at home during the service.

What a blessing that the Lord has allowed us to be a part of this special body of believers for so long! Being sent out by them means so much. We couldn’t do it without you, Westside!

Family

Family Road Trip to D.C./VA

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  The Hand Clan had a fabulous time enjoying friends, family and fall colors Oct 11 – 22. We enjoyed stops at Williamsburg (Colonial Village was a real fun time for the kids and us!), Richmond (aviation museum), Fredericksburg and Lynchburg(awesome time with friends), D.C. (touring with a friend), and Bristol (family, 4-wheeler and horses!).  It was a perfect escape for us!  

  Check out even more photos from our trip here on our photo-sharing page courtesy of Flickr.com.

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Hand Clan at Wahsington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
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Family

Thanksgiving in October

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Turkey on Columbus Day?

  Albeit only October, we had a small Thanksgiving service at the Hand house this evening.  After praying for our faith goals for the last 40 days or so, we have so much to be thankful for!  

  Many prayers – specific prayers – have been answered.  Yet the best result we’ve seen is that our hearts have grown peacefully more confident in our Father and His great love for us!  He is a God of grace.  Truly, although He was rich, he became poor for our sake, so that through his poverty we might become rich.  If our lives are gripped with this simple truth, everything else falls into place.

Answered Prayers
These are the results of your labors of prayer!  Give thanks to God with us for what He has done so far. . .and we believe there’s more to come!

  • Almost $800 in monthly support has been provided in about the last 40 days.
  • Over $400 in commitments have come in just the last 5 days!
  • We’ve been introduced to and personally spoken with 27 new potential financial partners in the last month.  With busy schedules, that is a miracle in and of itself!
  • About 90 new people have joined our prayer team this year – approximately 30 new in the last 40 days.  It’s no coincidence many more prayers are being answered!

There are amazing stories behind several of these new commitments.  Too much to share here right now.


Inside the Ballpark

  • About $250 in monthly support is still needed at this point.  With at least 2 people still praying about their decision and several more potential partners we have yet to contact, there’s great hope this remaining amount will be provided.
  • After conferring with our leaders in Orlando, we are close enough to our goal to begin tentative plans to move!!  Perhaps as early as next month.


House Update

  • Several of you know that a realtor showed our house to a couple Sunday – while we were at church which allowed us to recruit even more people to pray for it to turn out well!  This particular couple had seen our house once before and returned for a second showing.
  • We did get word that the realtor called our agent with a few “standard fare” questions about our house on Sunday, and did not indicate one way or another what they were thinking.
  • Our agent will check back with them soon.
  • Please keep praying!  This is our biggest need right now – for our house to sell.

 
Needed Break

  • Early Wednesday morning we are leaving for a needed break!  This is a trip we had planned a few months ago yet it is coming at a great time.  The Hand Clan will be visiting Colonial Williamsburg, Washington D.C., plus several friends and family in Virginia.  It should be an educational and fun time for our family.
  • We’re planning to return around October 20th.  After then we’ll begin ramping up towards our move.
  • Pray that we’ll be refreshed and have some good ‘down time.’
  • Pray that the Lord will continue to do miracles while we are gone.  Specifically, that the house will sell.


Thanks a TON for your persevering prayer.  The Lord is answering!!