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| The house, right before it became ours! |
The week leading up to closing was a bit of a nightmare. We had been surprised at how smoothly everything had gone up until that point, and Tuesday night (scheduled to close the following Wednesday), everything fell apart. I won't go into all the details, but multiple times, we were ready to walk away. To say it was a loooong week would be an understatement. Each hour between Tuesday night and closing crawled by and was filled with doubts of whether or not we'd actually make it to closing, or whether we should just walk away and call it a learning experience.
Between Tuesday and Friday, we closed the door on the house (figuratively, obviously, since we didn't own it) several times, and I prepared myself to walk away. I was so thankful for all the Lord had taught us about faith and trusting him through the process, but it seemed like it was a definite "no" for the first time, and I had been praying God would make it clearly a yes or no.
The weekend before our scheduled closing was an emotional roller coaster. I wanted to get off the ride and throw up. I wanted to walk away because I was pissed. I wanted to hang on because I loved the house. I wanted to prove a point that "Mama didn't raise no fool," and yet I felt torn because we believed we weren't being foolish, instead relying on God's leading and provision for THIS house. After talking about it and praying about it (it sounds trite, maybe, but it was very much something we needed to pray about), we decided to tentatively move forward and somehow come up with what we needed to get the house. If God had called us to this house 5 weeks prior, had that changed? No, it hadn't. The new circumstances hadn't caught God by surprise, so we moved forward.
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| Benny is LOVING his new backyard :) |
Once again the Lord provided, this time in a very tangible way through our church family. We were mightily provided for, in order that we might see and recognize God's faithfulness and goodness. I can't even begin to tell you what that has done to our hearts. One night, we sat and cried and prayed with friends. We thanked God for his incredible care and for our church family that cared for us as Jesus does. In a very real way, we experienced God's hand working through the situation and we are so immensely, immensely grateful. To those who prayed and provided (you know who you are), we love you so much and praise God for you. Thank you for demonstrating God's faithfulness through your sacrifices.
Fast forward to Thursday, and although it was a day late (and several dollars shorter!), we walked into an office, signed some papers, met the amazing Mortgage Mike and walked out as homeowners. It was surreal. Adrian had been packing a moving truck ALL DAY with a friend and when we got back to our apartment, we found there had been others who had volunteered to come keep packing while we closed. I drove my car to our new house and was met by friends who had come to help us unload everything into the house. By the time Adrian and his mom showed up with the truck - we had a porchful of friends waiting to get everything moved in. All told, there were around 15 people who gave time and energy to help this pregnant lady and her exhausted husband start a new chapter by moving all our worldly possessions. We are SO blessed by you, friends.
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| Sunset out the front window Wednesday night |
I cannot begin to tell you how humbled, and awestruck, and thankful, and excited we are by all God has done in the last week and a half in our lives through our church and friends. It has been a long and (still) exhausting week of trying to unpack and settle in and get life organized, but I have every confidence that the Lord who cares enough to give us a house will care enough to make it a home :)
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