Our Home - Our Keep

Someone asked me about our home and I promised a post about just that for her. We have over 5,000 sq feet of finished living space. We also have a basement, and 3 car garage. Our home sits in the middle of 2 level , flat acres that has the riches soil ( previously an orchard ) ever which is great for gardening. We have 9 bedrooms with 2 of them being dorm size rooms ( one for girls and one for boys ) . There are 4 full baths and one half bath. Two of the bathrooms have a double bath and a separate shower. We have a large sunroom with a large fireplace ( our main gathering area ). This is open to the previous family room, eat in kitchen and open kitchen area that stretches around to the previous living room and dining room. then a very large dorm room with a walk in closet and separate room off it. There is a door that goes out to our back deck and the 2 pools. We have another family room off the kitchen that previously was our 2 car garage . We have a separate laundry room and lots of storage closets or areas ( that are full with food or supplies ). We have another laundry area with a second set of washing machines and dryer. We do at least 6 loads a day of laundry . I have 3 food pantries one of them is a walk in off the kitchen.  We have one very large refrigerator, freezer in the kitchen and 3 others in the garage with 2 full freezers in the garage as well.

Our original home was 2,400 sq ft and we have more than doubled that thru the years. God has provided every time we have expanded our home to include more children. We have a unique home that suits our families needs well. We are more than grateful for all the Lord has given to us.

A place called the Keep. It was always the strongest and best protected place in a castle. In it were hidden all who were weak and helpless and unable to defend themselves . We feel like the Lord gave our home the blessing of being a Keep for children. For now we have 32 children with 25 of them still living with us at home. I am not able to share all the details of our life at the moment but there are many God things going on . Living our life under the the knowledge of the keeping power of our devine keeper, who neither slumbers nor sleeps , and who has promised to preserve our going out and our coming in....We are disciples of Christ, who have every reason to live our life courageously under the Will of Him whom we serve. And we are usually having the time of our lives .