Seriously God?!?!?! Your kinda Awesome!!

That is my current facebook status. And it is honestly true!! So for those who are wondering (Natalie, Laurie and Julie), God is moving. And moving fast in our lives! Apparently some (all) of you took my last post to heart and have been praying for us in our living situation.

You see, we technically live in a 2 bedroom townhouse. I say technically, bc we have 2 rooms in our walk out basement (we live on a hill, so the back door actually looks just like a front door) but they cannot be deemed bedrooms. They currently hold our office/craft room and our play/guest room. There is even a bathroom:)

Well, the first step to adoption (after prayer, prayer, prayer, and application of course) is a home study. They ask you all sort of questions and acquire all types of paperwork (or at least that is what I think happens). They also make sure your home is livable for another child. Currently the boys share a bedroom and love it. In fact Bennett told me today that he loves that Keagan sleeps in the same room as him, but he doesn't want me to. (I did tear up a little at that). If we adopt a boy, we can have another one in their bedroom, but seriously, who wants 3 boys in a tiny bedroom?!? If we adopt a girl, then they can share until one of them is 5. Well, since the big man turned 4 yesterday (eek!), that gives us 364 days to find a new place.

So, what did we do? We went on a date (sat next to 10 screaming children!) and brainstormed. No idea was too outrageous. Here is what OUR plan was (can you hear God laughing already??). We would rent out our house (in September), then we would try to move into some loving souls home for a few months to save $$ (cough, cough, Mom and Dad, cough, cough). Then after a few months, we would have some $$ for a down payment. THEN we would put an offer into this house that we love. Now we do have some faith. We had faith that God would keep that house for us (which is currently $80,000 more than we would ever pay for it...and even what we would pay would be stretching us), not only would he keep it, but he would drop the price. See, we do have faith.

Now, a little background on this home. Last June, our church, Providence Church purchased a building in the borough where we live (we currently live about 12 min from church -- when you are trying to live out community, 12 min is an eternity!). If you want to hear that MIRACULOUS story, then check it out here.

Back to the house. The one we love is 1 block from the church, yep, you heard me, one block. Well, on Easter Sunday, we shared our hearts with our family. They were beyond supportive, and my sister, being the go-getter that she is wanted to see the house as soon as we walked back inside. She pulls up a different house, which is ALSO one block from the church (different street). "What about this one?"

Now this house is....um....a diamond in the rough so to speak. It would need a LOT of work. BUT, it is 50,000 LESS than what we were planning on spending!! Crazy, right? Not only that, there are THREE, count them, THREE houses on this street for sale all within the same price range. Guess what day the prices dropped? The day we opened up and shared our prayer with our family.

So we looked at one of the houses, and haven't been able to check out the other two yet. Hopefully next week.

But wait, it gets better:)

Last night, we were having Bible study, and I went to fill my water glass. I felt led to walk outside and talk to our neighbor. I know, so taboo to walk out on Bible study. But God tends to bless those taboos! I was talking to my neighbor and we started talking about their rental house. She mentioned she had a friend who was looking to rent it, but they aren't ready to move out. Would we like to rent our place? Um, hello?!?! Not even what I was expecting, AT ALL!

She stopped by again today to get more information about the place. We would rent it at a price to cover our current mortgage, thus opening us up to get a second mortgage in town.

We are beyond blown away right now, and completely and totally covet your prayers! Clearly they are working, but please join us in prayer for direction with everything. We don't want to rush into anything, but we also don't want to walk away from what the Lord is providing for us.

I will keep you updated, but there you go....that is why I am shocked at his guidance right now. Not at ALL in OUR timing, and not at ALL in OUR plan, but clearly in HIS!