Kia Ora. We are the Taege
Whanau from Whangarei.
My name is
Alesha and I am a Children’s Worker at The Salvation Army, my husband
Robin is a Primary School Teacher, and our son Josiah is 16 months old,
an amazing little boy, whose two favourite things are praising God &
cleaning (he has his priorities sorted already).
When I was a
teenager, my (Alesha’s) parents joined Liberty Trust on my behalf, and
when I started working I took over the contributions. Then when we got
married my husband & I carried on contributing into Liberty Trust until
our loan came available.
My husband was
at University at the time so we put our loan on hold until he had
finished his degree, so that we were in a better place to get our first
home. When the house prices kept sky rocketing, there were times we
wondered how we would ever find a house in our price-range, but kept
reminding ourselves that
God was bigger than the housing market
and somehow he
would find us the right house at the right price.
“And my God will meet all of your needs according to his glorious riches
in Christ Jesus”. Phil 4:19
Then last year
after looking for a long time (and the market taking a slight dip) we
finally found our first house, received our interest free mortgage and
moved in just before Christmas. We unloaded the last trailer load on
Christmas Eve, in time for our son Josiah, to take his first steps in
OUR house.
Since we moved
in, we have painted the place, put down new carpet and lino and planted
a few trees, so it really feels like our place now.
It is amazing
how awesome it feels to finally have a place that we can call our own.
Thanks Liberty
Trust for making it possible, because of you we are looking forward to a
debt free future.
Alesha, Rob &
Josiah
9 June 2010