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As of last Monday (January 21), we have, installed and working, a beautiful new Buderus G115 four-section boiler unit. It's currently keeping the house about 30 to 40 degrees right now (so cold because of the lack of a front window, see below).

We've done our kitchen design, and the cabinets that aren't in stock have been ordered.

More than half of the old wiring is out, and we're almost ready to re-wire the house (and bring it up to code!).

Our front picture window is out, and the lumber around it (sill, cripple studs, headers, etc) that were damaged or rotted have been replaced. The new window (triple pane, argon filled) will go in Thursday.

Our flooring is purchased, and is sitting in the living room of the house. Glue, underlayment, and such still needs to be purchased.

So, what's left to do:

• Rewire (whole house)


• Plumbing (whole house)


• Repair rotted studs (there are a few)


• Re-do all insulation


• Sheetrock


• Painting


• Flooring


• Other miscellaneous stuff

So, progress, but still a ways to go. Please keep us in your prayers.

Background 1: Tonight we had a special service at church. Usually, nothing is happening on Sunday evenings, and we usually attend the Saturday evening service.

Background 2: Elizabeth knows what church is, and knows what it means to go to church.

Well, Elizabeth is used to having people over after we come home from church in the evening. So, she was asking if various people were coming over tonight: Izzy, Becca, Robb (friends of ours), Chana (a good friend and a girl she plays with at church), and some others. We answered to the negative each time. This was then followed by the question: "Is church coming over tonight?" Fitting 400 people in our apartment would have been quite the feat.

This morning while I was watching Elizabeth (while Crystal took Jonathan to the eye doctor), I noticed Elizabeth was being very quiet. I went to check on her. She was hiding in her closet. Folding clothes. Quite the little mommy, she is.