good news bad news gonna be good news

Good news, we are in our house. We moved on Thanksgiving day into the house. We are loving it but are now trying to get rid of boxes. It is a 5 bedroom 2 bath 2700 square foot home with a ton of character. It had hardwood floors covered with carpet so i pulled the carpet from the formal living room and dining room and used the carpet to piece together in the basement/den for a little more warmth. 9 foot ceilings all throughout, crown molding, fireplace, big kitchen, plaster walls, beautiful oak doors. It is a real blessing that we were able to move in. We are now waiting for estimates on chimney work, roof work and a fence to be built. If you know anyone in the Chicago area, please recommend them.

Bad news, my little brother and his wife had their baby premature at 26 weeks and there are a lot of complications. He wasn't expected to make it through last night but did. There was only a 3-5% chance of his survival after a minor surgery was done to determine the source of swelling in his abdomen. Currently the specific prayer requests are that there will be no more brain bleeding, that his kidneys continue to have restored function, that the infection which has found it's way into his blood stream will go away and that he will be fully restored to health.

Gonna be good news, there are literally thousands of people across the world praying for him and we are excited to see the testimony God is going to bring out of this situation. He is named Gideon Uriah and Gideon means "mighty warrior" If you are familiar with the story of Gideon in the Bible you will understand that the victory Gideon led the Israelites to was so against the odds that recognition could only go to God. Little Gideon Uriah Goodson is in a situation that is hopeless in our eyes and the healing that he will receive will be so against the odds that the recognition can only go to God. I have been passing on emails to my little brother that people have been sending so if you have a word of encouragement or prayer, please send it to me at goodsonfam@hotmail.com so I can forward it on to he and his wife in New York state for their encouragement.

house news

Things are looking good on the house. They accepted our offer then after the inspection they agreed to our request to have money credited back at closing to do a minor roof repair in one spot as well as repair some brick work on the chimney and have it cleaned. The closing is set for Nov. 17th so the only remaining piece is the details of the financing. Looks good so far so we are beginning to get excited and looking for boxes.