A walk down memory lane: They All Fall Down

I have been lazy about this lately, but my hubby got back from 5 weeks in the States and the young missionary family that works with us have moved into the church pending their departure for furlough...all true, but just excuses for my not feeling creative!
As we go into Memorial weekend, I'm going to be remembering things. The first is kind of a funny, but cool story.
Around 16 years ago, I managed to total our American car, and in the process dislocated my collarbone. I was home when a man came up to the door and asked if he could see the pastor. Don was at our Lieusaint work (3 1/2 hours away, in the Paris area) so I took the man's address and number and told him Don would give him a call. When Don went to visit them, he noticed a For Sale sign at the place next door. We had been looking for something to buy to start our church in, as our house wasn't big enough for a permanent worship place.

We ended up buying 5 garages that were back to back with a 3 room apartment and 2 parcels of land. It was a God thing, because all of it cost under $50,000. Through the years, we have knocked out the walls between the garages and put a door through from the apartment to the other side, built a house on the bluff over the river (just behind the church) and built another building that was initially our church, but we outgrew it so moved everything to the apt/converted garages. Above is the final result.

Anyway, in front of us, is a house that was surrounded by all these big cedar type trees. The trees blocked the view of our building. PLUS...the wind would hit them and branches would drop down and they looked awful.

That house was eventually bought by the Imam's son. He doesn't like us at all. We are Americans and we are Christians. The son tolerates us, but still shows his disdain on occasion.

So...back to the trees! We wanted those trees to go! We knew that our neighbor would never cut them down because we asked him to do it, so we started praying. I know...some of you will probably think that is a petty thing to pray about, but God says nothing is too small for Him to attend to! Well, God sent some really bad wind storms and those trees took the brunt and they looked awful! They were also becoming dangerous! One morning we got up to the sound of chain saws and sure enough! They were cutting the worst tree down!
We were overjoyed! You could see the church better from the street, and that was great, but it was still partially blocked from view! We just kept on praying! The other tree was a mess and we wanted it gone, too. Finally, we looked out and saw the wind had made so many branches stick out the tree was a hazard! Next thing we knew, that tree was gone as well. God answered our prayers and now, people see the building clearly!
Sometimes, we forget that God knows about every little thing! I could go on forever about all the little things He has taken care of in our lives. We often look for Him in the BIG things, but I tend to believe it is His attention to the supposedly little things that show His amazing awesomeness!
Remember all the wonderful things our soldiers have done for us this weekend, but remember most of all what God does for us every day! Blessings to all!