Welcome, Dave and Mariana!

Many of our kind friends and family regularly inquire about our basement situation. As you may know, shortly after we bought our townhouse, we hired a contractor to finish part of our basement out as an efficiency-type apartment. A young couple rented the space from us for the first year after it was completed. But that couple moved on last May, and though we have had several "nibbles" since then, no one has signed a lease.

Meanwhile, one of Dave's closest friends and former roommates, Dave Spitzberg, has been wooing his future bride, Mariana Garcia. Their wedding is a week from tomorrow, actually. And while the soon-to-be Spitzbergs have a larger apartment to lease beginning in April, they needed somewhere to live for the first couple of weeks after their honeymoon, while they wait for their own place to become available.

Since the Lord has not seen fit to provide us with a more permanent renter, we are more than happy to have Dave and Mariana join us for the month of March. Mariana has been moving stuff in over the past two days, and she and her mother (who is here from Argentina for the wedding!) are now occupying the apartment.

We thank God for providing us with renters (even if it's only for a month!) and--much more--for bringing Dave and Mariana together in the precious covenant of marriage! We can't wait to celebrate with you guys next Sunday!