I spent this past weekend with some friends in South East Portland. Tim and Hannah have been married for 3+ years now. Hannah and I worked at Camp Tadmor together and we've kept in touch. She and her sister, Naomi, are the kind of people who you can always count on, the relationship always seems to pick up where you left off no matter how long it's been since you were last able to spend time together.
Hannah and I have been trying to do things together since I've been back in Portland, not always successful, but we try. Anyway... we had coffee a few weeks ago and she invited me to go to church with them. That turned into an invitation to spend the night on Saturday and watch a movie Saturday afternoon. So, this last weekend I went over there.
They bought a home a year ago and have decorated it beautifully! Well, after the movie in Salem and dinner with Stess, Hannah and I went back to their place and Tim came upstairs. Hannah then told me that she and Tim had a question for me and proceeded to extend the offer for me to live with them in their home! I couldn't believe it. She showed me the TWO rooms that will be mine as well as a bathroom that I'll have on my own. Their house is set up in a way that I'm upstairs but that's actually on the ground floor. Their room and bathroom as well as the tv/office space is downstairs.
Their offer is amazing for me. I'll have a longer commute, I'll be taking the Max, but that's okay as I was considering doing that anyway and hadn' thad the "push" to actually do that. I'll also be living in an area that I know a bit more. I'm excited to run into people I know. I'm going to be about 5 minutes from my "In town Aunt" as Stess so aptly named Sandra. I'll also be living with a great Christian couple that is my age and hopefully will be able to interact with them more often.
All that to say, I'm really excited! Now I just have to figure out how to get my stuff there... It's amazing how much stuff you can accumulate with a car load at a time.
Hannah and I have been trying to do things together since I've been back in Portland, not always successful, but we try. Anyway... we had coffee a few weeks ago and she invited me to go to church with them. That turned into an invitation to spend the night on Saturday and watch a movie Saturday afternoon. So, this last weekend I went over there.
They bought a home a year ago and have decorated it beautifully! Well, after the movie in Salem and dinner with Stess, Hannah and I went back to their place and Tim came upstairs. Hannah then told me that she and Tim had a question for me and proceeded to extend the offer for me to live with them in their home! I couldn't believe it. She showed me the TWO rooms that will be mine as well as a bathroom that I'll have on my own. Their house is set up in a way that I'm upstairs but that's actually on the ground floor. Their room and bathroom as well as the tv/office space is downstairs.
Their offer is amazing for me. I'll have a longer commute, I'll be taking the Max, but that's okay as I was considering doing that anyway and hadn' thad the "push" to actually do that. I'll also be living in an area that I know a bit more. I'm excited to run into people I know. I'm going to be about 5 minutes from my "In town Aunt" as Stess so aptly named Sandra. I'll also be living with a great Christian couple that is my age and hopefully will be able to interact with them more often.
All that to say, I'm really excited! Now I just have to figure out how to get my stuff there... It's amazing how much stuff you can accumulate with a car load at a time.
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