When we put the house up for sale in May, we knew it would sell immediately. After all we were selling the home to allow us to go overseas for a year as volunteers with One Mission Society. The housing market seemed at a lull, but we knew that God could sell a house in any market, so we prayed and we waited.
We are booked to being Spanish language classes at a missionary institute in San Jose, Costa Rica, on September 4th. We’ll then proceed to Camp Pallatanga, in Ecuador, to volunteer for the rest of the school year, beginning November 4th.
We have done a lot of waiting this spring. We have done a ton of praying this spring!
Many people encouraged us to rent out our house, instead of selling. They wanted to protect us from fluctuating housing markets, but we were afraid to have our attention divided when we were overseas; we didn’t want to have to worry about our big old bungalow.
We had a lot of potential buyers come through our home, and we have become experts at “making it look like a show home” in short notice. We didn’t get a single offer on our house, though everyone “loved it”. We’ve organized all kinds things and packed them away in a storage container we have at our friend’s acreage. So we’ve been perched, ready to spring into action, as soon as the house sold.
The summer has crept by and last week we decided to try our hand at finding a renter. Now we can see that this was exactly how it was all meant to be. We have a renter/house-sitter who is going to move with her young family from Ontario to begin a new job in Edmonton. It seems that God had the house prepared for them to rent all along.
Suddenly, all of the details are coming together swimmingly. This morning OMS sent an e-mail confirming our flight information. This afternoon our “renter” confirmed that she does “have the job” in Edmonton and is ready to move.
We’ll fly out next Sunday morning, its time for us to really get packing! Thanks for your continued prayers!!!!
