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Update:
Our BIG news is we have a contract on our house in Salina and God willing, as of October 7, it will be a closed-deal: SOLD!  We thank the Lord that despite the economy and housing market in Salina, He chose to bless us in this way.  It will be a relief for us not to worry about maintenance and upkeep, as well as put that burden on all the people who have been so helpful since we've been gone, especially our families - THANK YOU!  The picture below is us this weekend at a celebratory dinner at a local place called "The River."
In other news, we did welcome a new 12-year-old this week to Barton!  Please pray she adjusts well and feels at home quickly.  We went to our first Monticello Billies (short for Billy Goat, although 20 years ago it was short for Hillbillies) Football Game Friday night where our oldest girl is the team mascot.  It was a lot of fun and exciting to watch her be involved in such a positve way with her peers.  Three cheers for the Billies and the Barton Girls!  We took an exciting excursion on Labor Day to Pine Bluff (about 50 miles away and about the size of Salina) for shopping and dinner.  It was one of our girl's last day with us, so it was pretty special and a lot of fun.  We bought two fish while we were there to send with her to her new placement to remember Barton (she named one of them, "Anderson"), but they both were dead by morning unfortunately. 

Prayer Pleas(e):
-Adjustment of any new girls who arrive this week
-One of our girls who has lost contact with a parent is really struggling with it
-For us: to fully lean on and trust the Lord full-time, to not allow self-sufficiency or selfish desires to creep into the corners of our hearts
-Continued: discernment and wisdom in choosing our church home


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