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From Roommate to Resident by Chas Higgins
“D
o you need a roommate?” That is how my first full conversation with Philip Abode started. This was especially weird, because we had only met once before. A mutual friend mentioned that Philip was also going to the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) conference in Chicago, and I hoped we could share a room. Little did I know what God had in store for me through that trip. Philip mentioned a family from Crossover was driving with their 4 kids to the conference as
well. I thought to myself, “who in the world would drive their little kids all the way to Chicago?” Justin and Leah Pickard would of course! During this trip, God allowed me to get to know Philip and the Pickard family. Once I returned home I told my wife, Robin, about the people I had met and the CCDA, and I “informed” her that we were going to be moving from Bixby to north Tulsa. Her
reply was “hahaa, of course not!” until the Pickards invited us over for dinner at their house which was missing a few walls and windows because they were “working” on it. After talking with them and seeing their heart for not simply repairing homes but for repairing broken lives, two months later we moved into Brady Heights. We have lived in north Tulsa for 8 years and every day has been a blessing from
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