ONE RED PILOT

In Carrie and I’s 5 years we’ve never owned a house. It’s been a dream of ours to eventually have a house we call “home”. For a while in the past year we wondered if that would ever be a dream that came true…well the dream has begun. Just a few weeks ago we put some money down to start building our first home!! The other night we went over to what we now call our “dirt” and had dinner. As we pulled up this is what we saw:

I can’t tell you how excited the Davis Family is about our “dirt”. I’m so grateful to God for hearing the cries of a wife asking for a “nest” to call her own and for hearing the begging of a husband to be the provider he has always dreamt of being.

Thank you God for being true to the name “Jehovah Jireh”. May we continue to give thanks everyday while this house is built and everyday we spend inside of it!

HER side of the shower..

MY side of the shower

Can someone please explain this to me. We’ve been married 5 years, my mom was a single mom, I had a sister, and I have 4 aunts. I’ve grown up around women my whole life but I still don’t understand this.

nate

OK, we’ve been trying to find a house to rent in Charlotte, NC. We are getting close but we haven’t hit the bullseye yet. Here’s what we need…

- A house, preferably not a townhome, apartment, or duplex

- at least 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths

- Huntersville area of Charlotte

- would like a garage and a yard of some sort

- good neighborhood for kids

We do have a budget but I’m not putting that on here. If you know of ANYTHING please email me, my address is in the sidebar.

nate

Ok…here is the next week and a half of my life:

Today: start packing for move to Charlotte

Wed: continue packing, 7 hour video shoot for Seacoast

Thurs: drive to Charlotte to find a house

Fri: hopefully we found a house and we are firming up the details

Sat: back in Charleston to help my sister move into her first home

Sun: hopefully load truck to move to Charlotte

Mon: drive truck to Charlotte and move in

Tues: unpack, unpack, unpac

WOW…I’m tired just typing that. There might not be a lot of blogging in the next week or so but I’ll do my best!!

nate

The past couple of days the fam and I went up to Charlotte to hone in a a place to live. My wife and I have never been huge fans of a mini-van but we rented one to make the trip easier with the kids. Guys…this van was AWESOME! The whole time Carrie and I were figuring out financially how we could buy one!!

The doors on the side opened and shut by the push of a button, it had SO much space inside, the drive was very smooth, it had an ipod hook up, and I felt like a family man and I liked that. Keep an eye out for the Davis Family because we might soon be pimping a sweet mini-van!

Nate

About 2-3 weeks ago my wife and I were laying in bed talking. I was telling her how I’d been asking myself the question, “have I made a difference?”. You see, we are approaching the end of our time here in Charleston and at Seacoast. The Lord is moving us on up the road to an amazing city in North Carolina called Charlotte (I’ll blog more on this at a later time). As this move approaches I’m looking back over my time and wondering if I’ve been influencing, impacting, and inspiring people for God’s Kingdom. My wife, hearing her husband lament, got a beautiful idea for a gift.

It is a leather bound book. The pages are filled with pictures from the the past and letters from friends about how I’ve made a difference in their life. It took me about 2 minutes of reading before the tears came. It’s the most beautiful gift I’ve received and it’s something I’ll cherish for my lifetime. I thank Jesus for the life He is giving me everyday. For the people I get to share life with, teach, and be taught. If you are reading this and were a part of submitting a letter…Thank You. Your words have filled me to overflowing and have excited me to go into the next season with new faces to meet and new souls to change.

Most of all I thank my wife. Carrie, I could never put into words how you’ve made YOUR man feel. You heard the hurt and questions of the man you love and instead of hoping I’ll pull out of a funk, you went and did something about it. With a beautiful gift you have built me up to a stronger man and have pushed me forward into a better leader for our family and the family of Christ. Thank You.

Thanks to everyone who’s reading this and have shared in a moment of my life I’ll never forget.

nate

Yesterday was my 29th b-day. It was good day. Got some cool presents and always good…money. I’m debating on spending the money on THIS, THESE, or saving it and putting it towards one of THESE. My “big” gift I get sometime today because it wasn’t ready yesterday. Carrie said that she thinks she’s going to cry when she gives it to me, I’m really excited to find out what it is. Once she gives it to me I’ll show all of you the awesomeness…

QUESTION: Is your love language to give or receive gifts?

nate

I enjoy it just as much as the next guy whenever I can get my hands on it but I’m worried. Instead of kids hearing Led Zeppelin for the first time and wanting to learn how to play it on six strings, they can go and play it on 5 colored buttons. Instead of hearing Stuart Copeland and being amazed with his high-hat work they can sit down with a plastic drum kit and think they are doing what he does. Just the other day someone came up to me and said they “got a Gibson”. I was so excited for them, very surprised, but excited. I asked what kind and they stared at me. It turns out they got a Gibson model toy guitar for Guitar Hero.

Listen if you’re in your mid 20’s and up…get you rock-star fantasies out on Rock Band and Guitar Hero all day long. If you have kids and they show interest in music, don’t let them play these games. Put them behind a real guitar or drum set. Put them behind a piano or stick them in voice lessons. You may have the next great worship song writer in your house. The next Bono may be your son! We has parents just to to encourage it!!

nate

Woke up Sunday morning @ 5:45 am and left for church. My mom stayed with the kids until I got home around 1:00pm. I usually take a nap at this time but the house was a wreck so I started cleaning. Kids woke up from their naps around 3:30. We had snacks and hung out around the house…I was still cleaning. Around 5 we got dressed and headed out for pizza before going to church at 6:15. We got home from church around 7:30, gave the kids a bath, i cleaned a little more, and then we waited or Carrie to come home by watching cartoons and eating strawberries. Carrie arrived home about 8:30 and our world was normal again…we missed our mommy.

Things I accomplished on Sunday:

-Led people to the throne of God

-cleaned the whole house and did the laundry

The weekend was awesome but I’m glad to have Carrie home. Our house isn’t the same when she’s not here…felt empty…it’s full again.

nate

Saturday recap…

After our strawberry adventure my mom stayed with the kids for nap time and I went and had lunch w/Lee who was cruising through town on his way home. After lunch I came home and the kids and I hung out for a few hours before we went over to a family friends house for dinner. After dinner, back home for bedtime…

Things I accomplished on Sat:

-fun family activity with kids

-lunch with a friend

it was a good day,

nate