Huge answer to prayer

We have been praying to the Lord to find us a place to live when we go home and start working and fundraising. We needed it to be very cheap because we need to raise around 40 some thousand dollars within 8 months (which will cover all our expenses for the next 2 years, including all 4 of our plane tickets to and from Mexico). We had gotten an email from a childhood friend of Ross's before we even moved to Bethany to start school. We found out that him and his family lived in the city and that they would like to visit with us sometime. Ironically we ended up running into them at a International church we have been volunteering at in the cities. They had been gone to India for three months doing missions work as a family, and that is why we haven't really been able to met up with them. We were very excited to have finally meet with them. Anyway they found out that we had been praying to find a place to live back at home. He called us yesterday and said that "in order to help support us he wanted to give us a free apartment for the time that we were home fundraising." It is in Minot and also he offered Ross some contracting construction work on some of his apartment. Also he was going to help Ross find work with one of the construction companies he knows of there. This place is one of the nicest places he owns in Minot. The best perk about it is that there is a elementary school very close to it. Alyssa is going to be starting Kindergarten this year and Zoe preschool. God thinks of everything. He once again completely answered or prayers even better than we could have imagined. This is now the second place God has given us to live for free since we started this journey He has place us on. I know that God takes care of His people, but I also know that God tests His people. He has definitely been doing both of that in our lives. When we take a step back and tell God that He is the one in control of our lives He honors us in that. He tells us that we are His dear children and He will take care of us if we would only allow Him too. Some times we think we know what is best for us and completely push God out of the picture. Wrong choice. I am sad that Alyssa won't be able to go to school in Trenton with Mrs. Nelson but I know that the Lord has good things also for us in Minot during this time. If anyone knows of a good preschool in Minot please let me know. We need to get Zoe into a childcare/preschool. Our cell number is 701-570-3253. We are able to move into this apartment Sept. 1st. This gives us about one week back in Williston before Alyssa starts school on the 23rd of August. We will have to find someplace to stay till then. I am excited to see what the Lord has planned for that! I just wanted to remind everyone to keep praying for the families that lost their loved ones to the bridge that collapsed in Minneapolis. Also for the Korean missionaries that have been captured and killed in the middle east. Their families are going to need prayer from their brothers and sister in the Lord from the West to help get them through this hard time. We need to honor these fallen brothers and sisters. Mandy