It has been a crazy few days and weeks but I wanted to share about
our house in Carrolton and the miracle God is doing in our lives! The following
is a cut and paste of several different emails I had sent out so forgive me if
they are a little jumbled.
So as of Friday June 1st we became the proud owners of two
homes. Not really (we are renting our
house in Lubbock) but we have two house payments, double the utilities, and now
have to upkeep both of them. Our house
in Carrollton was supposed to be officially "on the market" starting
Friday. If you remember we tried to sell the house for several months last
year, and had over 100 showing to which 50 of them said we were in their top
two, but when it came down to it, we were never given an offer. It was a horrible market for selling, so out
of desperation we decided to put it up for lease. Within 24 hours we were under contract to
lease the property. Our tenants have been AMAZING, but they are actually buying
a house of their own so they are not renewing with us. Anyways, It is absolutely our desire to
finally sell this house, and plant our roots in Lubbock. We don't have the financial ability to carry
the house this next month either so we really need a quick sale :>
As for getting the house
ready for the market, that was a miserable experience!!!! I am not even
kidding. Ryan left Wed. night to work on
the house all day thursday so it could be put on the market Friday. However at 9am on Thursday the electricity
went out. I guess the tenants canceled
their service May 31st and we didn't turn on service till June 1st. So Ryan got
a few things done, but wasn't really productive. We called and tried to get it turned on early
and they said sure we will have it on my Thursday at midnight. When Ryan showed up Friday morning there was
still no electricity. We called they
said oh sorry we meant to tell you that it would be midnight tonight not
yesterday. So he worked a little and
waited for Saturday. You guessed it though, no electricity Saturday
either. So Ryan just made the best of it
and did the work. Hope it looks alright
when the lights come on. As he was cleaning out the garage though he found a
14x14 inch hole in the sheetrock where the tenants had obviously driven their
vehicle through. Not that we would be
mad or anything, mistakes do happen, but they did a terrible repair job with
plaster and no paint and then put the trashcans in front of it. If we had known we would have had a
contractor out at the house Thursday for an estimate, now no one is in town to
meet with them. It took several more days of Aaron, Ryan brother, going to the
house after Ryan left to check on the electricity which did finally come on Tuesday
the next week! With that we officially
sent our paperwork to the realtor and it went on the market Wed. June 6th. Only a few days late right??
With this crazy time in our life I have begun to memorize a verse
that I thought I would share.
2 Chronicles 32:7-8 Be Strong and Courageous. Do not be afraid or
discouraged by King Assyria and the vast army that is with him, for there is a
great power with us than with him. With him is only the arm of flesh, but with
us is the the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.
This is honestly a battle that Ryan and I will never win alone and
we need God's provision, grace, and mercy to make this miracle happen.
…
And that is just what happened!
The house went on the market Wed June 6th and the first showing
was that night. We had 6 showings Thursday and 5 Friday. Late Friday (June 8th)
night we got one official offer and two people that were considering submitting
one. The offer we got was substantially low, so we thought about it overnight
and gave the other two couples time to bring their offer. After much prayer and
thought, Ryan and agreed that God didn't want us to go into debt to sell the
house, so we would only come down at to our absolutely breakeven point. This
was almost our list price and more than $15000 more than the offer we received.
We just kept saying, if they took it then we would be content and if they
walked away we would be fine with that too. So Saturday we sent our counter
offer, and Sunday morning they agreed! God is Amazing! We had verbal agreement
on a contract for the house within three days! We still have all the paperwork
and inspection, but hopefully this will go smoothly too. The buyers are wanting
to close by the end of the month (another miracle) so we are in a slight time
crunch, but we are all motivated to get it done.
Right now, Ryan and I are just completely amazed by God’s grace,
mercy, and provisions! He is an awesome and all powerful Lord of his creation
and of our lives. He orchestrates all things for His glory.
So many times I know that Ryan and I are seen as the crazy ones! I
mean two part time jobs and yet two children, two house payments, and all sorts
of atypical decisions we are making, but the peace and comfort that comes from
following our Lords direction and knowing that all things are in his control makes
it hard to do anything but follow him!
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