Day 5

What a day!

Okay, I know this is to be a writing series of a healthier me as far a as weight loss and all that goes with it. However, I just cannot ignore the things that God has been doing. I KNEW I should have written about inspiration and God's hand at work in our lives.

Well, here goes... I am defying my own idea. So here goes...

I have to start out with what happened yesterday late afternoon. We are looking for a house in Savannah, GA, live about 30 minutes out and need to get closer in. Okay, so a little back story is necessary to make this as big as it is in reality.

WE have lived out of Savannah for 19 years. We decided after 3 bad wrecks traveling on the interstate it was best to get back into the city. There were many things that needed to happen to do so.
1. Money to pay off home $24,660
2. Sell house
3. Money for down pmt on new house

That might not seem like a lot to you, but our house is older and in the woods. Numbers 1 & 2 were absolute miracles. Well, Daniel was in a well over 1 and a half years ago. They finally settled and gave us our out of pocket expenses. That plus a little we had in savings covered the home mortgage. YAY!!

Then out of the blue my husband found a number called it and it was someone who buys houses. He came to the house and said he would come back the next day with his brother. About 15 minutes after he left my husband received a phone call and it was the man again. He said he didn't need his brother to make the decision; he wanted the house. He said he would bring a down pmt the next day and sign paperwork. WHAT JUST HAPPENED! That was miracle #2 in ONE WEEK!

Now we needed to get looking for a house because we now had miracle #3, a down pmt for a new home. We looked and looked. A house kept coming up and we would dismiss it. I showed it to my friend and mother both of them said NO!

Daniel and I went by the house with serious intentions of crossing it off the list of houses. We got there and the man and his wife were there and let us in and shared all the details of the house. We quietly shared that we could not in fact cross this house off the list, but put it as #1 on the list. WE LOVED IT! It was all we could think about. God's will was what was desired though. So we prayed.

By the end of the day yesterday there was a huge home just as I desired. It was 7 bedroom, 5.5 bathroom, huge huge house, very cool house! I told the realtor we wanted to look at it Wednesday before church.

Our family began talking about the houses and what was best for all of us. I imagines all the kids home for Christmas or Thanksgiving and room for everyone of them. We came to the decision that the other house was best. Just as soon as we made the decision the realtor contacted me and asked if I knew that the huge house had a fire upstairs. I said no and that we had made the right choice to go with the #1 house. She said she felt it was the best choice and would draw up paperwork.

Today was a little uncomfortable as we were waiting, but we know God is in control and we want what he wants for us. Nothing more nothing less. We have been a little distracted as Hurricane Matthew is in the Atlantic headed our way. Trying to make decisions about leaving or staying... just not sure what to do.

I began looking online for hotels that are pet friendly. I found nothing all the way to Atlanta! Looks like we are gonna have to ride this one out.

Until tomorrow...