Wow, we had such a whirlwind weekend last weekend, the house was shown several times and we had folks from Ralph’s office coming by to pick up furniture and we were trying to shop for Nick’s upcoming 2nd birthday and our contribution to the family Thanksgiving dinner at Greg’s house. Felt like we were gone all weekend long!!! The last time the house was shown, we simply drove out and got a u-bake pizza, came back and parked around the corner until the people left because we had run out of things to do and places to go, not to mention we were both tired and worn out! Still in all that we were thankful that the house was being shown so much!
We praise God for the abundance of time with the grandbabies this week via Thanksgiving day at their house and then Nick’s birthday party next Saturday. This is a really hectic time of year for most families and having Nick and Ralph’s birthdays in December adds to the opportunities for get togethers for our families and also tends to squeeze the calendar a little more.
I had this week off from work (another blessing) and have been working on my Perspectives lessons quite a bit. I’m being blessed by this course every time I dig in and I’m really enjoying working with my instructor too. I’m thankful I have the ability to take this class online!!! The classroom courses are all too far away to attend, and I would have missed the opportunity this class provides! Thanks to Carmen and Pat for recommending that I take this!!
Among our many blessings this week, we got an offer on our house. It was interesting how it came about because the buyer’s Realtor had indicated that his people were “serious”. Then they proceeded to make a very unserious offer. But we countered it anyway, as that seemed to be what we should do. We were quite sure we were on target with our counter offer, but they countered again with another unserious offer. When our Realtor called with the second offer we just told him no, it didn’t seem right to us. He was shocked that we didn’t want to counter their counter but we just said to tell them thanks, but no. The next morning he called us and was quite surprised because the potential buyers had done something that he almost never sees, they went back to an offer they had already rejected and accepted it. As our friend Julia would say, had to be a God thing!
So now we are in a period where they can have the house inspected and still change their mind about the deal. We ask your prayers for a smooth inspection process…by the end of next week we’ll know if we have a deal or not. If everything runs smoothly we could be closing on January 6th and on the road to Mexico within a couple of days after that!
We serve an awesome God, now there’s something to really be thankful for!!!!
Friday, November 25, 2005
Sunday, November 6, 2005
Sunday musings…
A really quiet Sunday, a very unusual thing of late…and though I tried to rest as much as I could I found I couldn’t resist packing a bit more, and checking on a few things and generally trying to cross a thing or two off the “to do” list. Time here seems so short, and really at this point we are as packed as we can be and still function day to day in the house, but there’s also an urgency to get to Mexico and begin the work God has for us there. Which is why I find I can’t sit still, even on a day when my fibromyalgia has kicked up with a vengeance.
We had a farewell kind of evening last night…the celebration of our recently widowed brother-in-law Ronnie’s 55th birthday. His older daughter hosted the dinner at her new house and cooked her first family event meal. She did a fine job too: steaks, baked potatoes, salad and pumpkin creme pie for dessert. But during the evening I kept thinking: this will be the last time we do this for a while…we need to savor the time with these guys! By the time the next birthday in that end of the family rolls around next spring, we’ll be living in another country.
Our house hit the market on Tuesday and the Realtor expects it will sell within a month. He cautioned that the once “red hot” market here has slowed considerably in recent weeks so we shouldn’t expect it to sell instantly as many homes have over that last few months. We remind ourselves that the house will sell when God ordains it and not before. We are content with that. His timing is perfect and will suit us just fine. We’ve been praying that another Christian family will buy it.
I have just a three day work week this week because Veteran’s day falls on my regular day off so I get Thursday as well, and I plan to dedicate it to getting a couple of my Perspectives lessons off to my instructor. I have a lot of the reading done, but need to buckle down and do the exams and essays for what I’ve read so far! Friday we have appointments with our Thrivent guy and a lawyer, trying to clear up any loose ends before we leave the country!! Then on Sunday, we’ll host our small group from church at our house. Another farewell kind of evening I’m sure, even though we’ll continue to see them at church and will have other gatherings at the other homes, but this will be the final one at our place. It’s sinking in that we’ve begun our good-byes.
Soon enough, we’ll begin our hellos too: a new country, state, city, home, new fellow-workers, new neighbors and friends, new language, new culture…lots of “new” in our immediate future. Exciting stuff.
We had a farewell kind of evening last night…the celebration of our recently widowed brother-in-law Ronnie’s 55th birthday. His older daughter hosted the dinner at her new house and cooked her first family event meal. She did a fine job too: steaks, baked potatoes, salad and pumpkin creme pie for dessert. But during the evening I kept thinking: this will be the last time we do this for a while…we need to savor the time with these guys! By the time the next birthday in that end of the family rolls around next spring, we’ll be living in another country.
Our house hit the market on Tuesday and the Realtor expects it will sell within a month. He cautioned that the once “red hot” market here has slowed considerably in recent weeks so we shouldn’t expect it to sell instantly as many homes have over that last few months. We remind ourselves that the house will sell when God ordains it and not before. We are content with that. His timing is perfect and will suit us just fine. We’ve been praying that another Christian family will buy it.
I have just a three day work week this week because Veteran’s day falls on my regular day off so I get Thursday as well, and I plan to dedicate it to getting a couple of my Perspectives lessons off to my instructor. I have a lot of the reading done, but need to buckle down and do the exams and essays for what I’ve read so far! Friday we have appointments with our Thrivent guy and a lawyer, trying to clear up any loose ends before we leave the country!! Then on Sunday, we’ll host our small group from church at our house. Another farewell kind of evening I’m sure, even though we’ll continue to see them at church and will have other gatherings at the other homes, but this will be the final one at our place. It’s sinking in that we’ve begun our good-byes.
Soon enough, we’ll begin our hellos too: a new country, state, city, home, new fellow-workers, new neighbors and friends, new language, new culture…lots of “new” in our immediate future. Exciting stuff.
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