PRAISE! PRAISE! PRAISE1

Bless the LORD [Yahweh], O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name. Psalm 103:1

I am so overcome with gratitude and praise for our LORD that I cannot even express it in words. Bless His holy name. He is so great!

We closed on our house at Kelly Lane on Friday morning and headed straight to the bank with our check! We wanted to make sure nothing happened to it. The IMB (International Mission Board) requires that a person be debt free before going on the field so we have some bills to pay!!

The deacon body of Georges Creek Baptist Church graciously allowed us to move into their parsonage/mission house last Thursday, and we will be living here until after Christmas. What a blessing it is to have people in our community who are willing to help those around them. Thank you so much, Georges Creek!

We must also say thanks to Dean Parker and to our family that helped us move IN ONE DAY!! Boy, was that a lot of work. ☺

We are excited about what God is going to do in our lives, and we certainly appreciate all of your prayers, thoughts and encouraging words during these past few months. We KNOW that God HEARS and ANSWERS the prayers of HIS people.

An interesting thing that we found out at our closing was that the girl who bought our house is a worship leader (don’t know where) and that her realtor is also a Christian. Tell me God doesn’t know what He’s doing! It is so refreshing to know that there are other Christians in a world where we seem so far and few between. I did, however, leave a tract and a card with info on it regarding our contemporary service, Protos, at BCBC. I thought it couldn’t hurt!

I can’t also go without giving a “shout out” (Yes, I’m going old school by saying that) to our awesome realtor, Missy Rick. If you ever want/need to sell your house, she is the one to call! She is a great Christian lady who will get the job done. ☺

We do not have internet service at the moment so my posts will be few, but I will certainly write more as soon as we are online again.

Again, thanks to all of you. But mostly, I thank my AWESOME LORD and SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST for without HIM none of this would be possible. PRAISE HIS NAME FOREVER.

PRAISE THE LORD

Praise the Lord!!! The "crazy lady" as we have affectionately begun to call her (!) signed the needed papers today!!! God is so good! We now have a closing date - scheduled for next Friday, Oct. 24 at 10:00 am, pending no more unseen "stuff" that should arise. As of right now, everything looks like a go - which leads us to the next problem: Where to live! While we have graciously been offered a place to stay with family members, we are not sure that we would make it for 2 months. I just hate to bust in on someone else's home and routine (even if it is my dad). We had wanted to stay at the BCBC mission house, but it is currently occupied. We are looking for a rental home for about 2 months. I'm sure the Lord will provide that as well.
I am so thankful to Him for what He is doing. My heart is overjoyed with gratitude to Him - may He (and only He) receive all the praise and glory through this journey!

Thank you all for your continued thoughts and prayers!

Will it EVER end?

So the lady that Aaron and I originally bought our house from isn't wanting to sign off on the paper work that we need her to. Imagine that!! The deal was kind of crazy to begin with, and she tried to back out of the deal after we had already signed a contract. Well, since the paper work & deed didn't get recorded correctly, we need her signature to get the deed corrected. She received the paper work last Thursday and still has not sent it back in. She keeps making excuses. It's so frustrating. It states on our original contract that we own both "14 and 15A" so she has no reason not to sign - other than just being difficult. Please pray that by Friday this will be resolved.

We have a tentative closing date of October 24, pending the paper work that needs to be signed by Rhonda.

We still have to figure out when and where to move. The apartment that we wanted was available, the landlord talked with us and pretty much told us she was going to hold it for us, and then we found out that she leased on the same day that she talked with us about it!!!

Frustrating doesn't even begin to describe how I am feeling!!

Please say a prayer for us that we will know God's exact timing and will.

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I am wondering how in the world house inspections can be so different! The first time our house "sold," the inspector basically told us nothing was wrong. This time a different inspector came out and he listed several things -not big things, but still it makes me wonder how two people in the same line of work could see things so differently!

Anyway, we have a few minor things to take care of repairing for the buyers.

We also have this ISSUE with our corner piece of property. It somehow never got recorded correctly when we bought the house and so the land shows the name of the lady we bought the property from. We are in the process of getting this corrected, but the sale is dependent on us getting that corrected.
The appraiser came out yesterday, and our realtor told us that homes have been appraising for lower than their worth because of this crazy economy that we are in right now.

So I guess this post goes to ask for your continued prayers:
1. That the loan for the buyer goes through
2. That the appraisal is at least what our contract amount is
3. The property issue gets settled quickly
4. That the inspection repairs don't cost us an arm & a leg!
5. That the apartment that we want is still available (we have talked with the landlord, but I know there are others on the waiting list wanting the same apartment).
6. Mostly, I want God to be glorified and lifted up through this process. I want people to see how awesome our God is.

I know God knows what is best, and I want to be right in the center of His will. I don't want to be ahead or behind.

Who's in Charge?

Boy, there’s nothing like God reminding you that He’s in charge!! We have experienced an AWESOME revival this week at BCBC, and I’m so THANKFUL to still be in SC to attend. Maybe that’s the reason that God stopped our first deal from going through. He has really spoken to me this week. Anyway, I really think the reason that He wanted us to still be here in SC was to show me that He’s still in charge. I was so ready for the move that I think I was relying on myself rather than on God. He had to remind me that this journey is not about me, and has nothing to do with me – it’s all about Him and my reliance on Him to see me through. If we would not be so stubborn and stupid (sorry, that’s a bad word in our house!) as humans to think we have all the answers and that we are in control, life would be so much simpler and easier!!!! So, I guess I’ve discovered 2 more reasons why God still has us in SC. I wonder if there will be more????