Again, we both apologize for this extended period of silence, especially for those of you who look to this blog to stay posted on our doings here in CO.

We have been in CO now for two and a half months, we just celebrated our first wedding anniversary on August 2nd, and our work situation is just the same as it was back in Pennsylvania.

We have been making significant progress in figuring out what daily life at Hazelnut is going to look like. This "significant" progress only seems significant in light of how many other things are competing for our time. We have decided on several things...in order to distribute the work load of having a massive garden, we have each volunteered to take a day of the week to really focus on the garden. This works out perfectly since there are seven of us. We have also decided to meet every Tuesday morning for morning prayer and to read a chapter from one of the gospels. We now meet every Thursday for dinner and some kind of fun time after. On Wednesday we all gather at a local church for a potluck. Every Tuesday is committed for a community dinner and a meeting after that.

It is only fitting that we are still making baby steps.

There are hundreds of tomatoes in the garden. Hundreds.

I hope to post some more photos some time soon. For those of you on Facebook, check us out there too...we are better at updating photos there :)

Sitting in a basement of a Church in Denver, Colorado we met to pray with people at a service called The Threshold. Before we entered into contemplation I asked that the others would keep us in mind...to pray for patience and guidance. I explained how we have been continually frustrated by the lack of meaningful jobs, etc.

After the service three people came up to us asking for our information. One man gave me his card and asked me to send him my resume. Another said she would forward on any e-mails she received on job postings. Another even said that the IRS was hiring, ha!

Why even bring this up? Because I believe we too often look for G-D to answer our prayers in spectacular ways. I think we need to realize that often we (as in the Church) are the answer to our own prayers. That within the community of believers, who are here with us now, are the people who have a little extra cash to give, who know of somebody or something, who just happened to know where to go, etc.

Maybe G-D is looking to us to stop asking for miracles all the time.

Tonight we received the news that the brother of one of our community members, Brianna passed away. Many of you already read about Brandon a couple weeks ago when Beth posted a update on him. Prayers and thoughts would be appreciated for Brianna and Sean, and the Berglund family.

The news has served as a healthy dose of humility to both Beth and I. As we continue to search for jobs, and we continue to be frustrated by the lack of progress in this area, we remember how fragile and beautiful life is. We remember that our lives are bigger then our paychecks, our security, and our desires. We look to the Berglunds as they mourn to remember that despite the daily frustrations and set backs, there are people out there who truly love and care for each of us.

Thanks for reading.

Greetings Everyone! There are exciting things happening at Hazelnut. The garden is coming along, and we have been showering our land with prayers from prayer flags. Below is a series of three posts all with some exciting pictures! I hope you enjoy!

Here are some photos of our little sanctuary (hammock, outside table etc.) Also a few pictures of the Herb Mobile, which is producing some Sweet and Spicy Basil!