House Update

I started writing this a very long time ago but in the middle of writing it we had a hiccup and after that I refused to finish it until I knew we were on safe ground! 

After 2 1/2 weeks on the market our house sold! We were praying that the process would go by quickly but we were still surprised at how quickly it all went. We ended up having 17 showings in that very short time frame which kept Andrew and I out of the house a lot. The call came that we had 4 different showings on that Saturday and within an hour of one of them we were called for a second showing scheduled for Sunday. 

Sunday evening our realtor called and said that we had an offer. There was definitely some negotiating to do but by Monday evening we had agreed on a purchase price. The house was sold! We couldn't believe it and praised God for the quick sale. This left us about a week to find our new house in order to time out the closings.

The following Wednesday we went out on the hunt for our new house. It was snowing like crazy and very cold. We ended up looking at somewhere around 10 houses that morning; Andrew was such a trooper through it all, never really complaining too much. We left that morning with two houses that we kind of liked (yup that's right only kind of). There were a few more to see that afternoon so we decided to go back to those kind ofs again as well. We thought we really liked the one after seeing it again but there was still something holding us back.

On Friday the home inspection was scheduled. As I was driving to do some shopping while the inspection was going on I received a call from our realtor. She proceeded to tell me that our buyers had some issues with their financing and were not going to be able to buy our home. My heart just sank. After the shock wore off some we realized that God had a plan and a reason (we now knew why we didn't fall in love with anything that we saw earlier in the week). But we knew God would provide.

And He did. Monday morning while I was at our library letting Andrew run around in the kids area (don't know what I would have done without this during these few weeks) our realtor called me saying that the original buyers just faxed her another offer...they had their financing! 

We went back out looking after negotiating a little more time to secure a house for us. Our maybes were still on the market but we decided to start fresh. There was one house that was in a completely different area of town than where we were originally looking but after Todd assured me he wouldn't mind the extra drive we went and looked at it. We all fell in love!

Now we call that house our home! 

The whole process was a whirl wind experience. It definitely gave me a refresher in patience and trust. It was a rough road, but God provided!