Aloha Y’all!
Update on this Pratt Family coming to you from the island of Oahu… we had to escape the cold season in Franklin, TN and came back to Hawaii. We’ve now been here since November and have enjoyed some Family time and holidays during some busy/ fun/ and hard months of shuffling from place to place. We are currently in our third home on island now and we were under contract to purchase our own home here for our family to escape the cold seasonally or permanently as needed.
We were… you read that right. We were as close as we’ve ever been to seeing a lifelong dream fulfilled for our family here in Kailua on Oahu. Cory’s family is from the islands and has such a deep and rich heritage here, there are many family members to love on and a family land company to work with, Danielle’s brother and soon to be sis-in-love live on island, kiddos sports, friends, our church and an escape from the cold for Danielle’s emergent health issues were all found on island, and we were really trying to have a “normal” here where we weren’t having to start over from scratch each time we returned by buying cars, beds, dishes, etc…
However; With this virus came the cancelling of MOST ALL our vacation rentals in Franklin, TN. We now have two homes sitting pretty much empty with mortgages still needing paid for, utilities, etc… we can not afford rent or another mortgage here as well as those homes there.
… all this to say; we have had to cancel the purchase contract, and will need to sell all our things or find new homes that we can give them to! We will be packing up yet again and moving our family back to the South very soon.
Please pray for us to have the strength, and peace and joy in our family doing this yet again!
Please pray for Gods healing in both Cory and my body. We are so fatigued and weary and need to see and feel His presence in such a tangible way right now.
Pray for our kiddos hearts and minds to be fixed on Jesus… He is truly our Hope, our Joy, our REFUGE!
Living It Out for Him,
Sincerely, Dani
Psalm 46:1-3
God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change
And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;
Though its waters roar and foam,
Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah.
Psalm 91:2 I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
My God, in whom I trust!”
