Memphis bound?

Joe and I are one step closer to being Memphis-bound. He received another call from the District Superintendent who had met at length with the church board in Memphis. He said the church board would call within the next few days. The superintendent had more to say about the church, particularly that the church will pay us a decent salary, housing allowance (enough that we can live IN Bartlett, TN, which is a nice community), and will re-imburse us for our health insurance. The church building itself is pretty small and isn't that much to look at. I've only seen the satellite view of it -- isn't the internet amazing?! The superintendent said the church board is looking to start the building process in the next few years because they are planning for growth. The church, Grace Community Church of Memphis, was planted about 15 years ago and I think might have originally been a United Methodist Church, but is now within the doctrinally more conservative Evangelical Methodist denomination. The board chairman called tonight at around 7 p.m. and spoke to Joe for about a half hour. He wants Joe to send him a DVD of a sermon. He said the church would like to have the position filled by Thanksgiving, but we're not sure if he means the decision will be made by Thanksgiving, or the deicison will be made sooner but that the church wants the person's transition to the church to be complete by then. We're hoping for the latter and that we'll know something MUCH sooner than November.

For now, we're busy with praying while we get our house ready to put on the market. Right now I'm sporting flecks of white paint from the exterior of the house and I keep eyeing my possessions with the thought of a possible garage sale. I've never hosted a garage sale that wasn't a fundraiser for a mission trip! Anybody have any stuff they want to donate to the cause of Tina and Joe not starving for the next month? Anybody know of a job we can do for the next couple of months?