I shall always be grateful for our need of finding a home shortly after World War II, when housing was very difficult to obtain. It was through this need that we found that "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble" (Ps. 46:1). My husband, being a construction engineer working on a pipeline project, was assigned to a small town some four hundred miles away from where we were living. We had two young boys and a third child was on the way, and we searched in vain for a place to live. It was after three days of complete despair that we finally turned to Christian Science. Within hours we found a more than suitable house, completely equipped to meet our every need.
From then on we continued to study Christian Science and to attend services in a branch church regularly. All the circumstances surrounding the birth of our third child were harmonious, and for over two and a half years we were able to remain in this area, during which time I had the privilege of class instruction. But shortly after that we moved away, and after several other moves which worked out well, we moved into very small quarters, which we felt would meet our temporary need.
This proved to be a way of preparing our thought, for we began to see how a place like this would adequately serve our needs if only it were transportable. The idea came to us to build a house that we could move on our lowboy trailer and unload by means of equipment used in the pipeline project. During our stay in these small, compact quarters, we designed and had built a house which was one and a half times wider and much longer than the commercial house trailers of that date. This truly was a wonderful working out for us, and every time we moved after that I rejoiced because there was no packing, no house hunting, and no disturbing change for the children.
