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| Saying good bye to Carl at the airport July 7th |
has been so evident in our lives. I pray as I share this story that the Lord receives honor and glory. While we were in Branson, MO unloading our things with an amazing friend named Matt Farmer into a storage unit God provided a very neat opportunity for Carl and I to live in an old farm house offered by College of the Ozarks. It's called the Winfrey place. Before the Winfrey place was offered to us we went apartment hunting and found two apartments that seemed to be a great fit and a great price. We knew we couldn't decide which apartment to move in to until Carl returned from Africa. The two apartment didn't have a lot of openings yet but would have more availability in August. So Carl and I felt that when he returned we would move our things from the Branson, MO storage unit into an apartment.
OH SO WE THOUGHT! :) Surprisingly a friend from College of the Ozarks contacted us and said that Carl and I were being considered to move into the Winfrey's place. So what is so exciting about the Winfrey place? It is a house first of all and not an apartment. It's an old three bedroom farm house sitting on about 300 acres of land, with about 40 head of cattle and a wood burning stove. It get's even better. College of the Ozarks likes for a married student to live at the Winfrey place and maintain the land and tend to the cattle in exchange for a very low monthly rent of $150. We pay for electricity only.
Truly, we can't wait to start our lives in Africa, but let me tell you that if Carl and I could dream of a place to live while in America it would look very much like the Winfrey place. We were contacted by the school just last week. They told us we were offered the place and could move in as soon as we can. We are so excited and praising the Lord. We get to live in our dream house, our place is big enough so when the baby is born in December all of our family can stay at the house, it's a financial blessing, and we believe this place will add to our experience as we prepare to go to Africa. BUT another super exciting aspect of the situation and an answer to our prayer is; Carl will have room at the house to work on tractor's and prepare equipment for Africa. Living in an apartment in the city we would not be able prepare equipment and we would have to look for another location to store and work on equipment. God has used College of the Ozarks to truly bless this Anderson Family.
In addition, my friend who was the previous resident of the Winfrey place with her husband is leaving a couch, kitchen table and a washer and dryer for us to use. We could always use an extra couch and table. Our own washer and dryer are not in the best condition and to be given a washer and dryer is so sweet. I get convinced daily that our God care's about the big things and the little things. Man our God is GOOD!:)
Thanks for letting me share this sweet story of Gods provision for us.
Love Taylor Anderson
