A Place to Call Our Own - Part 3

On our way to church Sunday we saw that the real estate sign was down. Hmmm. I started thinking they changed their minds, even though they accepted our offer they didn't seem too serious about selling. Long story short, Scott put in several phone calls to the realtor and none were returned. Finally, after using my cell phone to call the real estate agent we discovered that the sellers decided not to sell.

Certainly the price was ideal and the ability to expand was great. But more certainly God has something different for us. Something more suited to our needs. Of course, that will likely cost more and that means we will need God to provide us with the needed money. That is unless we can find a house with an owner that will finance the loan for us. I have faith that we love and serve a God who owns the cattle on a thousand hills. We have seen Him provide for our family in ways that only He can. Will He be any different this time? No! He will keep His promises to provide for our needs and He has a plan. We just need to wait on Him until He tells us what to do next. Until then we'll keep praying about where God would have us to live after our lease runs out in November.

A Place to Call Our Own - Part 2

Scott met with the real estate agent today and gave an offer on the house. He put an offer in last week which was flatly declined. So we decided to up our offer and see what they say. Scott was told the family will be discussing the offer tonight and will get back with us in the morning.

A Place to Call Our Own

Our rental contract on the house we live in will run out in November. The rental market here in Colonia is next to nothing. When we have found places they are typcially too small for our family. No, really, 2 bedrooms with a toilet/shower stall, kitchenette/dining room and living room. Though we aren't afraid of a smaller home, remember we lived in a 30 foot motherhome for 9 months, we do have 10 people in our family.

The other problem we have is the price of rent. Right now the house we are in is a steal. But as the dollar srops the prices of housing here goes up. Most houses in this neighborhood are selling for 85,000 to 350,000. Obviously out of our price range. So we've been praying that God would meet this need.

One of the men in our church asked if he could help us find a house to buy. This is what he found. It's 3 bedrooms and one bath, kitchen, dining room/living room is currently around 800 square feet, with an easy addition of another 400 sq feet once the "apartment" is remodeled and a hole knocked in the wall to connect the 2 "houses". Eventually we would need to add a dining room too. With it's half acre plot, this house has so much potential. It is fully fenced in so the children can play outside without concern. The fencelines are lined with trees. There are fruit trees in the yard also. Plus we would be in the neighborhood of many church members.

The cost? Only 42,000! The problem? We don't have 42,000 lying around. But we do have a house in North Carolina that we are hoping to use to get a equity loan. Lord willing, we would pay cash for this house and have some $$$ left over to remodel for more room right away. We are trusting that if God wants us to have THIS house then He will work out all the details. If not, then He will show us to the house He has pciked out for us. Looking into the living room/dining room. The kitchen is at the back on the right where the bead curtain is. The bathroom is on the left.
Sorry for the sideways picture, but this is the area needing remodeling. We would like it to become a master bedroom and mud room.

The front yard, I love the gate and brick fence.
The view looking up to the back of the house from the back property line.