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Well, our house was placed on the market for sale in October.  Eli and I spent most of the end of September, decluttering the house and getting the house projects done.  Eli had been praying as to whom to use as our realtor.  At the end of September, he felt like he needed to call Re/Max.  So, he called them and set an appointment.  The realtor, Jan Barrows came over one evening and it just so happens (Divine Connections) she is a follower of Jesus Christ.  She figured some numbers and we signed a contract.  Between October and December, things seemed to be at a standstill.  We still heard the word, “GO” within our spirits, but had no idea how that would happen.  Since September, I was no longer working and Eli was on furlough (days that you are laid off) for 2 days one week and then working a full 6 days the next week.  We had just enough each week.  Also, during the year the Lord had us specifically sowing into different people.  So, we had no savings.  We just had to rely on the Lord for this move.  So here we are waiting and waiting to see how the Lord will provide for this one.  Praying and fasting.  Fasting and praying for the Lord to move.  Praying that our house would sell so we could save some money for the move and have enough that would last us the year.  At least this is what we were praying but still saying, “However you want to do this God.  We don’t want to tie Your hands.”  

 December rolls around and we make reservations for a hotel for a week and for the moving truck.  Eli is stressing more and more about how the money was going to come.  By now, He’s only working 3 days one week still and then just a regular 40 hour week the next.  Also because, he was not going to continue on with the company, they cut his overtime and did not retro pay the raise that he would have gotten in November.  On Saturday, December 18, Eli didn’t sleep at all.  He was half-asleep and praying the whole night, “God these aren’t exactly favorable conditions that I want to leave in!  We don’t have any money for the truck or for food when we get up there!”  God responds, “Do you think that the seas were in favorable conditions when I called Peter to walk on water.”  We were one week away from December 27, which was our moving date, and nothing had happened.  We get up early the next morning for church.  We had a great time in worship.  The kids had fallen asleep during the worship and Lisi woke up during the message.  So I went out of the sanctuary and placed her in the Nursery.  I spoke with Jean a bit and then Cheryl comes and tells me that I’m wanted in the sanctuary.  I walk in the sanctuary and Eli and Isaiah are standing in front of everyone.  Pastor Tim was calling us up to pray for us and just to make it known that we were there for only one more week.  Also that Harvest Church would be collecting an offering for us to help with the moving expenses.  HOW AWESOME IS GOD!  After the church prayed,  we hugged many of our dearest friends and cried also.  We were saying good-bye to great people.  Some people placed money in our pockets as they hugged us.  We got home and I immediately called my mom with tears of joy.  I told her how God was providing the way to move to Kansas City through our church.  I had counted about $150.  When I hung up the phone, Eli is standing there with a shocked look on his face.  He was cleaning out the diaper bag and found a red envelope.  He figured it was just another Christmas card.  He opened it to see who it was from.  As he opens it, he sees $500 cash all in $100 dollar bills, no name as to who gave, just addressed to “The Morell Family” on the envelope.  I just cried as to how the Lord had begun providing.  We felt like time had stood still for so long.  That now it was just unbelievable as to how quickly He was moving.  The Lord continued to provide through our church family throughout the week.  By December 27^th, we were able to move thanks to the help of our wonderful Harvest Church Family.