Open House- 921 Turnpike Road, E-Town

Open House this Sunday Aug 30th 1-3

921 Turnpike Road, E-Town.

Come out and say hello!

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E-Town Fair

JOIN US AT THE FAIR AUGUST 24-29! We hope you're enjoying the warm summer days and making special memories with family and friends. This season always seems to fly by much too fast, and the ringing of the school bell is right around the corner. One highlight we look forward to at the end of summer is the Elizabethtown Fair. It is always a great week of delicious food, lively music, farm animals, competitions and seeing friends and clients. Once again, the John Smith Team will be present at our booth at the fair to say "hello" and to inform you of what's happening in the current real estate market. You can browse our large display of existing homes for sale and our new home communities. Enter drawings to win dinner for two as well as gifts for the children. Sign the kids up for the John Smith Team Reading Club to encourage reading and win great prizes. Once again, Happy House, our team mascot, will be dancing outside near our booth, just waiting to shake your and and pose for a photo with the kids! It will be a great week of fun. See you at the fair!

Go Eagles!

So excited for Football season. It is here yet again!

Get out of jail free

To touch on a past blog post on Michael Vick and the fact that as a Christian we are to forgive. Well as I think into this deeper I am left wondering how this could end up being a double edged sword. So if we are to forgive then what is preventing someone from doing something they know is wrong knowing that those christians in their life will have to forgive them. Don't we all do small things each day that we know we should not do? I will be honest when I say I do. Each day we all make small mistakes that we eventually have to ask forgiveness for so what happens when it becomes bigger? They say that one small lie will end up being bigger and bigger lies over time. So what happens when these small daily actions compound into even bigger ones? Have you ever been handed the Christian card? I have. That is the card that someone pulls out when they have done something wrong to you that you know they knew was wrong but at the time they felt like doing what was best for them and cutting you out. Dealing with it later, not caring that your feelings were hurt in that one selfish action. So they deal you the Christian card. The card that means that you then need to step up and show your stuff by just forgiving them because after all isnt that what the bible says? Maybe I am looking to deep into this. I know there is an answer in the bible that I need to search for. Maybe that answer is the very thing that I already know. Just forgive. The flesh tells you not to but God would tell you to do it anyway. Understanding Gods loving heart is not so easy for me at times. I look at my self and just my relationship with him. Would I forgive me? But he did and continues to. I am so thankful for that and yet that is the very thing I myself stuggle with. I guess that is why we are human. Not perfect, meant to make mistakes and let the flesh take over remembering that is why Jesus died for us. So we could be forgiven. So is it that simple? Have I come full circle?

Market changes...

With all the news about how bad the market is do you ever wonder what the market is doing where you are? If you live in Lancaster County I can tell you that Lancaster County over all is a very stable market and although news would like you to think the market has gone down it has really just stablized. The market the last couple of years has not been normal. We are now back to the way the market was compared to 2004 which shows us that we are just back to normal over the past couple of years abnormal market. If I were to share one piece of advice from what I have seen in Real Estate I would say being prepared is the biggest thing you can do to reduce your risk of feeling the change in the market. Being prepared in the steps you take towards your real estate goal,whatever it is and whenever it may take place, will cost you nothing and will show it's self to you to be priceless.

If you want to start the steps towards preparing for your next real estate venture I would be happy to help to start to put together your moving plan so when the time comes you are ready. Being prepared in life can make all the difference. Lets get prepared together...

A life lost a life gained

So as you all know The Philadelphia Eagles signed Michael Vick with a 2 year contract. Now this horrible man who did such horrible things will now be an Eagle. When I first heard this news I was at the Eagles Stadium watching the first pre-season game of the year. Suited with my Westbrook Jersey on and filled with excitement for another great year of football and anticipating the roller coaster ride in which we all partake each and every year. The ups and down, the love and hate we can have for our team. When I first heard this news I felt like I was punched in the stomach. I was one of those people watching his trial and saying lock up the jerk and throw away the key. If you know me you know I am a very strong animal lover. I have such a love for them and what they bring to my life and the life of others. They are so precious and innocent so of course this is why I felt so strong about not ever wanting this man to see the light of day and would love to have seen him rot in a cell with no food or water and a horrible ending to his life. This to me felt like it would be a cake walk considering what he did to those animals. But now here I am faced with this man being an Eagle. Ok. It is done. We can do nothing about it. So what do we do? All the hate towards this man is valid but lets look deeper into this. Try to walk deeper into this with me even though I know it is hard to do. I am a Christian and to be a true Christian means to forgive. To save a life, to show them the way to Jesus and Heaven. Tony Dungy is involved in this and although I do not know him personally I have read about him and seen what he has done as a christian in the world of sports. My sports fan, level headed husband has also brought to my attention more that he has done that I was not even aware of. Tony Dungy's faith and strength through some very hard personal tragedies in his life is amazing. He is a mentor and has a passion for changing the lives of those who have fallen in the wrong hands and have not had the guidance they need. Some of these people have done things worse than others but in the bible it says no sin is greater than another. this is what gives me the ability to see past the anger and the rage that I feel. So Vick made a wrong choice and he did some horrible things. Dog fighting is a very big problem in many places, Philadelphia being one of them. So lets just ponder on what it might do for a figure like Vick to now come back into the spot light and help to educate others about how wrong dog fighting is. To help bring this very big problem to the surface. Bringing something to the surface is never easy and most often very painful but this is truly the only way to bring about change and to make a wrong right. I know that the animals involved would not want to have died in vain. I know that they would want for their death to bring about more life. More life in dogs that will not be mistreated in the same way they did if Vick were to turn this into a positive movement. This not saying he is not an ass and that what he did was not wrong. None of that changes. Now lets go even deeper. So lets say he does this, my next reaction was will it be sincere? Will it be from the heart and not just him doing this for his own glory or fame. If it saves a dogs life then I still think it is worth it and to go into the deeper layer could it save his soul too remembering as Christians that is our main goal. To look into the eyes of a sinner and show them another way, to look into the eyes of someone hurting and show them it can be better. Now that person has to want it. I have spent a lot of years of my life trying to help those around me who just did not want it. I beat myself up and felt like a failure for so long but it was not me it was them. Vick has to want it and for his sake I hope to God he does. I hope that his heart is pure and he wants to make this change. Because then the lives of those dogs will have not been for nothing and the life of our lord Jesus Christ, dying a horrible death at the cross would not be for nothing either. Let's all remember that Jesus died so we can live and be forgiven of our sins. So today I pray that Vick will live and let his heart be made pure and he share his story with others so that it can make a difference. In Jesus Name I Pray, Amen....

New listing!

Announcing 921 Turnpike Road,E-Town, Pa 17022!


Inviting Semi-detatched home waiting for you to call it home! 2 large bedrooms, 2 full baths- possible 3rd bedroom or office on 3rd floor. 1st floor laundry, peacefull fenced backyard, 1 car garage.

Coming together in prayer

Recently we have had some babies come into this world who need some extra prayers.
The first was baby Logan- He was born about 2 months ago. His parents are very close friends of ours. At first they detected a heart problem and then detected down syndrome. He is doing very well but still needs prayers. He will need surgery for his heart and depending on how it develops over the next couple of weeks will determine how many surgeries he will need. He is very strong though and each day God is amazing in how he shows such attention to our prayers.

The next set of babies were just born. They are twins born 15 weeks early. They weigh just a little over 1 pound each. They are doing better each day but we continue to pray for them and may God strenghen them and help all their little organs to begin to grow and operate as they should.

In all of this I am left seeing how amazing God is and how strong these parents of these children are. They amaze me how their faith is so strong and they can stay so positive through a very tough time. May God be with all of them and continue to unite us all in prayer..