David n Sarah

our own "mini-ywam base"

A LITTLE NOTE BEFORE I START!

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I was talking to my uncle a couple of weeks ago and I was telling him of all the new things happening in the Welther household and he said...

"So like a mini ywam base!"

Our house resembles how I grew up in the YWAM house- lots of commotion, lots of shoes by the door- a community. We welcomed the new addition to our home, our good friends, Dow and Brooke Saunders on the 6th of January. They are a newly married couple who were supposed to go to Switzerland this last fall to attend YWAM's Applied Principles of Communication School. Through a myriad of circumstances, they are back in Madison to pursue what God has for them next. For the time being, they will be living with us! Hurray!

David's dad came the same day as Dow and Brooke and for three gruelling days, they started the big work on our not-so-beautiful basement so that Dow and Brooke could live in it.
David and I camped out in our dining room as David's dad had our room. Dow and Brooke camped out in the living room. It was a great blessing to have David's dad and the help of a few strapping young men to do the hardest part of getting our basement to mint condition. When David's dad left it was left to David and guys and some women (Brooke and I!) to finish the job.

We still need carpeting done but apart from that, its a brand new room!

We've only been in our home for exactly a three months now and already it has turned into a little community. David and I are very happy, very blessed to have Shane, Manuel and now, Dow and Brooke live with us. We are talking about having a night where we can have "church", one the resembles the New Testament kind of church- sharing what we are learning in our lives and our adventures with God and a meal with one another. One of these days. :)

see the transformation of part of our basement:

First, the cold concrete uninviting room:



working on the basement: Mudding and Sanding


"Storm Trooper David"


"Brooke"


"Dusty Brooke"


"Dow"


"Powdered Dow"


"Gray Sarah"

AND FINALLY...THE ALMOST FINISHED ROOM