For twenty years in our suburban home in Knoxville, Tennessee, the noise of my three sons was the soundtrack of my life. When the last truck pulled out of the driveway in the fall of 2023, the silence wasn't just quiet - it was heavy. I am David Miller, and together with my wife, Elena, we realized our four-bedroom house on Maplewood Drive was no longer a family home - it was a 2,500-square-foot ministry opportunity. Standing in my youngest son’s room, looking at vacuum lines in the carpet that hadn’t been disturbed in days, I felt the urge to curate this space - to treat my home like a museum where nothing moves. But my background in project management reminded me that an asset sitting idle is a liability. I realized I was hoarding square footage that God intended for deployment. I had to shift my mindset from "preservation" to "utility." My home wasn't a fortress to protect; it was an embassy to operate.
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