Appraisal

The realtor called us yesterday to let us know that the appraisal went through okay! Praise the Lord! We are getting ready to pack our things up and decide where we are going to store stuff. My Uncle Gary & Aunt Terri have said we can store some things at their place so we are going to see how much room they have for stuff and decide what we are storing where. I pray for wisdom in deciding which items to keep in storage and what to get rid of.

The inspector is coming tomorrow to inspect the house so I pray all would go smoothly with that. After tomorrow's inspection we will be waiting on the paperwork for closing to go through.

Lord, I pray you would take care of all the details so beautifully that we would see your hand in it. I pray we would find a buyer for our truck before we leave.

Be with us, help us to look to you each morning and throughout the day to give you praise.

Prayers answered & lifted up!

So I can't believe that we are actually going to Peru. It is so exciting. We are trying to remember to live for TODAY and what God is showing us TODAY instead of looking too far ahead. We can't stunt our growth because we are waiting to get to Peru.

I was just talking with Jeremiah and he was talking about what an amazing work God has done in our lives since we stepped out to go to Peru. We have definitely grown stronger in our relationship with one another and with our individual relationships with the Lord.

He said he will never forget seeing me bent over crying because I didn't think we were going to get to go to Peru. We got the offer on our house like 2-3 days later. He couldn't believe I was crying because we weren't going to get to go to a 3rd World country. Sounds strange, huh?!

Jeremiah has been such an encouragement through this whole process. He has been so strong in his faith and someone I could look to and lean on. It has been awesome to see him grow so much in the Lord and so quickly. I am excited to see how the Lord is going to use him and I am so thankful for him.

The appraiser is coming tomorrow to appraise our house. I pray that everything works out okay with the appraisal and the home inspection. Once our house has been appraised, we can start packing and moving our things.

We will be moving into Caleb's house until we leave in January.

For Christmas, my grandma is giving us 2 airplane tickets to Miami and then we can purchase our flights to Lima, Peru from there. She got 2 free tickets for buying $240 worth of Dockers clothes. Then we have $4oo reduction on our tickets through a promotion with our American Express card. If we can get the flight to Miami, then my grandma will be saving us over $900. I pray that we will be able to get a flight to Miami on those dates.

Yesterday, I purchased our health insurance for our trip down there. I found some reasonable rates and feel blessed that the Lord led me to them. That saved us like $330.

We put an ad in the Journal Review to sell our truck so hopefully someone will buy it before we leave. I pray that the Lord would bring along the perfect person to buy the truck and that it would be a blessing for them. We are willing to sell it below Blue book value so it would be a good deal for someone.

Offer, Counter-offer, SOLD!

Wow! I can't believe this.....but I can. We sold our house yesterday evening. Our house sold for more than we were asking and our closing date is set for December 21st. December 21st is the day that our non-refundable deposit is due to the college. God has definitely been stretching us and I am so thankful for His faithfulness. It is times like this that you wish you could go back and do things better. All the worry & impatience is such a waste when you can simply trust that His will WILL come to pass no matter what that may be.

I can't believe that God would actually want to use us. Praise the Lord!

Father, thank you for being so faithful! We are so humbled that you would choose to use us. I pray you would be glorified in our lives. Help us to realize that we are merely pilgrims passing through. Give us strength to endure whatever you have for us.

Help us to live day by day, moment by moment in Your everlasting love.

I trust that everything else that needs to be done before we leave would fall into place. THANK YOU!
In Jesus' name, Amen!

Peace & the 2nd Showing!

The lady that came to look at our house last Tuesday is coming back to look at it again. We'll see what happens. I think I really am okay this time if we don't sell our house. I have a true inner peace that whatever God wants is best and whatever happens is His will. I've just been praying that regardless of whether or not God opens the door for us to go to Peru, that He would be glorified in and through our lives. I truly do want the Lord's perfect will for our lives and if that is not Peru then I don't want anything to do with it.

Jeremiah & I went to church last evening and were very encouraged by the message. Dave went through Psalm 37-39 and spoke a lot about trusting in the Lord & delighting in the Lord and He will give us the desires of our hearts. It encouraged us that He did put the desire to go to Peru on our hearts and that it is not a fleshly desire, so we need to trust in Him and His will will come to pass.

Prayer for Peace

Lord, help me! My thoughts are racing and my mind is going a thousand different directions. Help me to focus. Help me to live in today. Give me peace in my heart and help me to walk in it moment by moment. I pray that an answer would come quickly if that is your will. I feel tired from waiting & wondering. Forgive me for living in my emotions and not in You. I feel like I have been on a circumstantial roller coaster ride these past few days. Help me to remember that I want Your perfect will for our lives no matter how long it takes to get an answer. I am wasting my time thinking of all the things that could or could not happen. It seems I have been through every possible scenario but You are the only one that knows how things will end. Help me to remember that an answer will come, it may not be when I think it should be or the answer I am looking for but You will be faithful to answer. Give me peace that passes understanding! In Jesus' name, Amen!

More showings!

Last night Gina showed our house to an older lady. While they were looking at our house a realtor (Stacey Murphy) knocks on the door and wants to know how much we are asking for our house. I told her and she said that was within her buyer's price range. The buyer was with her so I said they could come back and look at it after the other people left.

They did come back and it turns out that I went to school with the potential buyer. I think she would be a great fit for our house. She said she wants to have her dad come back and look at it.

I guess we are just waiting again to see if either of them are interested enough to make an offer.

Disappointed but Hopeful

Well, we got our hopes up about getting an offer and it turns out these people were approved. Afterward they said they would like their payments to be $100 less per month. We cannot lower the price this much.

The realtor, Gina Reagan, asked if she could show the house to someone else. She said this lady is approved, lives in an apartment, and Gina thinks our house would be a great fit. We are showing the house tonight at 5:30 p.m. So we will see what happens.

Even though things didn't work out with this first couple we are encouraged because virtually no one has called about our house in the past 3-4 month BUT in the last week and a half we have had 5 people look at our house! It seems God is moving......only time will tell if He is moving us toward Peru.

Also, today we received an e-mail from the Bible College inviting us to arrive in Peru 4 days early in order to help with a church plant in Pisco. This was one of the cities that was hit the hardest by the earthquake in August. It would be awesome if we could sell our house in enough time to make this trip. They said all expenses would be paid!

Lord, thank you for being in control of our lives. Guide us to your perfect will. I leave it in your hands, give me peace! Help me to leave it in your hands! In Jesus' name, Amen!