Square Footage

Note that I took the picture from outside!

We married years ago and moved into our dream house. It was our first home and though tiny, it was ours! I think that it had about 900 square feet of living space. We called it cozy.

Through the years our definition of cozy changed and our house size increased to accommodate that new standard. We never got really big but we had space for most of our stuff.

When we moved to Brazil we experienced culture shock. The houses here are crammed together with common walls and seemingly no room to stretch. Your neighbor sneezes and you yell “Health”, which is the Brazilian version of “Bless you” or whatever you say when someone sneezes.

Our square footage diminished somewhat but we again had room for most of our stuff. In our most recent move, however, our space has diminished significantly. I think that there is about 600 square feet. Cozy? Yeah. Especially on really hot days.

A week ago we started something new at church. We had been taking a small group into downtown for music lessons at Junior’s school. Only six or so could participate. So, Alexandre had this great idea. Why not do music lessons at “Cozy Corner” (our house)? Junior would come to us and so would the six plus students.

So for the last two Mondays we have had “music” coming from every nook and cranny of our tiny house. Kids who haven’t had the money to take lessons are now getting that opportunity. For the first lesson we had FIFTEEN!

Dawn too has been employed lately. Not tooting her own horn but sewing up a storm. Hey! That rhymed!

The school in our neighborhood is the poorest in this huge city. The kids can't afford costumes and one of our neighbors volunteered to make them. Dawn found out about the effort and decided to help. So for the last week she has been sewing like a crazy woman. Her space is limited but she is making do. Her willingness is another way that the Lord opens doors for ministry.