The Little Details

The thought of selling my home never really crossed my mind. We were going to refinance last month but then found out we would have to pay a prepayment penalty, so then we had to wait until August. A few months back we'd talked of selling and moving into base housing but that was just a fleeting thought. The thought of living in that housing was not what I wanted. I've been thinking off and on for some time about whether our house will sell when we have to move, which will hopefully be next summer. I have a friend from church who is moving to Germany and her house hasn't sold. I do not want to be in that boat!

Last Tuesday I called up my friend, Canaan, who told me she was moving. I thought she meant away, but she told me of the Air Force is overtaking old Navy housing (the one Navy base has closed down). I remembered passing that housing in the past and it was nice. It's not too far from where we live now, just north of the interstate (we're south). Once she told me that I thought, "That is what I want to do". I don't remember if I told Zach that night or the next day, but he thought that was a good idea too. So, Wednesday evening we went and drove by it and peeked in the window of an empty one. Thursday he put us on the waiting list (as of yesterday we're 5th and they're moving quickly because many people are moving out). That same night I called our realtor and she came Friday night. Saturday morning we had a sign in our yard and yesterday I found the listing online.

We aren't playing around, are we? Yet this is so clearly another thing from God. I didn't share right away because I didn't want devourers to bring me into the darkness. If you'd have told me 4-6 months ago to sell my house and move into base housing I would have laughed right in your face! But now I am SO excited!

First, we won't have to worry about our house selling when we do move away. Second, we will be making quite a profit which we can put toward our adoption, debts and into savings. There are other bonuses as well. We'll have sidewalks! I know that sounds silly but we have no sidewalks here and the people drive pretty fast down our street. It is a small housing area and is protected. There are numerous little playgrounds in the housing area and there's even a little lake. And lots of Canadian geese! To which there's an abundance of their poop;) Also, we've recently gotten some new neighbors...two women...

Sunday we drove by there again and saw some people moving who let us look at the house. I really like it. It's smaller than what we have now and two stories (I haven't live in a 2 story in 5 years). It doesn't have the storage space we have now, doesn't have a big yard or a 2 car garage but I don't care. I won't have a schoolroom because I don't want to have it upstairs, but I am excited about our dining room being our schoolroom! There are so many pluses. We will be right off of the interstate so Zach's drive to work may be a bit quicker!

These are just some of the perks. We'll let you know more as things happen. It was so hard keeping it all a secret when we were so excited (I hate keeping secrets). Well, I need to get ready for us to head out as we have a showing in 45 minutes!!!! Please join me in prayer in believing that our home will sell fast!