The Scoop

In mid September we became aware that the financing to build a house was not going to work. Surprisingly to us both, we were not devastated. We did still need a place with more space and desperately wanted a back yard. We felt impressed to look for a home in a particular area of Lincoln, the city where we already live. Jared called a realtor and explained what we wanted and the price range. He said that he had a house that he had not even listed yet that he felt fit our criteria exactly. We were going out of town for the weekend so we dropped the kids off at Grandma and Grandpa's house and then came back down the hill to Lincoln to take our first day of house hunting. We saw several houses, including the one the realtor thought met our criteria. In fact, it overwhelmingly met our criteria. The house had not been put on the market at that time but we committed to a full price offer that day. When we got back from our weekend getaway to Tahoe the house was listed and several offers came in. Jared expressed to the Realtor that we really wanted the house (I wanted the yard!) and we were willing to sweeten our offer enough to make it most appealing to the homeowners. Negotiations followed and soon enough we had the most appealing offer and it was sent to the bank. We then waited. We were told to keep looking for houses, but weren’t going to unless this house completely fell through. We just waited. October and November came. At the end of November we began to see progress and that it should work out. The family owning the home needed to relocate and had a move-out scheduled for the end of the year. Out of the blue we became aware of a family that we attend church with who desperately needed a little house to rent. It was perfect, except, they needed a house by December 15th and we wouldn’t be able to move into the new house by then. We took a leap of faith, asked Dean and Linda if they would mind the circus show moving in for a few weeks and rented our little house to this family in need.  We spent three weeks living with the Formans and enjoyed the holidays and attending church together. The kids were in heaven to see Grandma, Grandpa and Joe every day. I am sure the realtor worked very hard on this deal because the last week of December we signed papers at Title and the previous owners signed the day before they left. In fact, we were given keys to the house the day that the family moved out the last of their things. We had thought that we’d close by January 15th, but we were handed keys on December 30th. It was awesome. The following week we cleaned and moved in. It has been wonderful. We enjoy the space of the house. We love the yard! The kids are sleeping well and love their rooms. We feel so blessed. As if we were guided to be in this particular place for an unknown reason. It is such blessing from our Heavenly Father.