Dormitory Living

Nat and I have a nice little place up on the hillside. A quite place with lots of beautiful scenery. At night, we like to be alone, enjoying our escape, together.

To refresh a little, the Porch has been funding a project to expand Angelina's house. (Please read the post a little farther down). This project has had more than one setback and after the New Year came and went Angelina was supposed to be back in her new home. That didn't happen. Her rent expired and she was asking her landlord for a few more days here and there. Finally, at wits end, she had to move out. There was room for her to stay with some family across the river but it was going to be too cramped for this family of SEVEN.




Now going back to our place, we have a bunk bed. We have let the kids stay there to enjoy a nice change once before but now we were being asked to let them stay with us...for how long? Nobody knew. So we were okay with the first two nights but then one night when we had just finished preparing a nice dinner we got a phone call from the mother saying her kids were on the way. Not less than a minute later they were there. We had expected them to come, but not for another hour. I responded in haste for a moment "why can't we just enjoy a few more moments alone?!?!" On the phone, Angelina said that they were not hungry and wanted to go. I knew this meant we had to share the little bit of food we had prepared because they would be hungry when they got there. I admit, I was being totally selfish but I was really upset that all of a sudden my privacy was being taken from me; they were sleeping in our room, eatting our food, and for crying outloud, I couldn't finish the movie we had started 3 nights before. Maybe nobody else experiences moments like this where they are being asked to give something they don't want to give but this was the case for me. The following day Nat and I were discussing the situation and both agreed that the Lord has done so much for us and when we are able to give we should give, especially for those in need. I felt terribly convicted for being self-centered.