Funny that the last post I made on here was about us getting ready to list our home for sale by owner - 13 months ago. Now here we are living with Ryan's parents for almost a week now and waiting for our home to be finished 8/31/2013. If you would have asked me about 4 months ago that we'd be in this position right now I don't know that I would have believed you. That's because 4 months ago we hadn't sold our home yet and I was starting to get a little depressed about that and the fact that we hadn't heard anything about our possible move to North Dakota.
We found out in July 2012 that Ryan was going to take a job for a promotion that required us to move temporarily for 14-16 months starting this April. This month that is. At first we were actually excited about the adventure but as time went on it started to seem like it wasn't going to happen and I got frustrated that we had still not heard anything. We basically put our lives on hold because of this news.
But God evidently knew better than I did that something much better was planned for us. I just needed to be patient and to trust in Him.
This trust didn't come easy. It came with a lot of prayer, tears, maybe a little depression, and finally relinquishing control over to God with the sale of our home and with our future of growing our family. We decided we were going to live life like we are staying in Spring Hill until we heard otherwise. We decided to list our home with a realtor and before I could even think about that we got a phone call from the agent that represents Prairie Ridge subdivision where we have our lot reserved. Turns out our lot reservation had expired and we were working to get it renewed and he wanted to check and make sure we were still interested in building there. By the end of the conversation I knew he was the guy to sell our home for us. He was very motivated because he knew that once he sold our house we would be buying a house in his subdivision. So for him it was a win win and he was even willing to discount his commission to make the money work for us. So by the last week in January we were up and running on the MLS!! And during this time we finally heard that the North Dakota project was not going to use Ryan after all!! What awesome news! And confirmation of our steps of faith in living our lives like we already knew this news. God is good!
After 3 days we had a showing that resulting in a 2nd showing and then an offer. We accepted it - despite our feelings about where it left us compared to what we paid for our house originally - but we had an offer and our home was sold. This peace about our situation was worth the not so super offer.
So we started packing and had our inspection which resulted in us putting in a Radon kit and we made it through the appraisal. But 35 days into the 60 day closing period we were hit with a bomb - a denial for our buyers. I immediately just ached and cried and did not even know what to think! What are we going to do? We just put $10,000 down on our lot to have our builder start building our home while we waited til closing. And now no deal and we have to re-stage our home that I had just taken curtains down and photos/art off the walls. I decided to take a break and I prayed- cried out to God. As much as I was angry and confused I prayed aloud through tears for God to give me answers to give me a peace about what was happening and to help me to trust that He had a better plan for us. And later that evening I had felt God's peace about the whole situation and was ready to move on and get our house back on the market. This was a Friday. By Monday we got our canceled contract from the buyers and we were back active on the MLS. This was Monday March 4th. We had several showings and a second showing to someone who liked our home but had a home to sell. Then Spring break came along and we thought we'd get no traffic but it was the beginning of our craziest week yet!
The week of my birthday March 24th-29th we had a showing everyday and a couple days we had 2 showings. By Thursday we had gotten an offer that we countered and then Friday morning we got another offer that was too good to pass up.
The buyer wanted our house in 2 weeks and was paying cash for the home! We could not believe it! I just knew God had a plan for us and it felt so good to trust Him through the process and to really sit back and watch Him work. Friday March 29th was also the same day we got to see our baby and hear the heartbeat for the first time. We were 7 weeks pregnant and got the best news the same day about our house! We were in for a crazy week ahead, but this time it was going to be final. This was the deal. And with this deal we came out $6K ahead of our original offer and we are only 2 weeks off our original time line to be moved out. God is so good! It feels so good to trust Him and to look back and see how He orchestrated this whole thing perfectly. Teaching me to trust Him and accept His peace during the process. Especially since I am pregnant and the last thing I needed would have been the stress of what are we going to do because our buyer fell through.
So now we wait. We wait as they will hopefully start digging our house this weekend or early next week. Wait as we can't wait to know what we are having! Both the girls want a baby brother but we have said that God is the one that decides which is best for us. Its hard not to say we are kinda pulling for a boy. Because that would certainly be the last piece to fall into place for us. But either way all we really want is a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. Can't wait to find out!!
I think that's about it for now. Hopefully my next update won't be so long from now!!
