Life Update...

Well, this post is (as most) overdue. I should have shared all this news as it was going on, but more keeps happening so maybe it's good I waited. I'll try to keep this short and to the point, but God has been so faithful with the little details, I'm not sure if I can. So, here goes...


The House-
I finally posted about our journey and battle with waiting on July 24th (specifically about our house), and we got an offer on our house 2 days later. CRAZY! We didn't even know someone looked at our house. Our realtor text Josh on Tuesday saying "the showing last night went really well, think you're gonna get an offer today." This was the first time they hadn't told us about a showing - somehow just slipped through the cracks, I guess. I'm not complaining though. Maybe not knowing was best. Apparently. Well, by Thursday we were under contract - for a great price that we were very happy with. Praise the Lord! Our closing date is set for August 26th and everything looks good to go through at this point. :) 


Where to Next?
So, once that was under way, we needed to find somewhere to live. Reminder that we are still currently staying with our friends in their guest house. They have been SO gracious and hospitable to us, but we can't stay once Baby Dough arrives. We decided we don't want to buy anything immediately (unless we found the perfect house for the perfect price.) Unfortunately, the market isn't looking to get any better any time soon so we don't want to rush. Especially since we would be closing on a house around the same time I would be having a baby. CRAZY! 


So our decision was to try and find something temporary and affordable to rent so we could transition through this crazy phase, save a little money, and be looking for a house in the meantime. Of course we preferred to rent a house or a town home, but it was looking like the only "affordable" option that would allow us to save money was going to be a small apartment. We didn't move forward with this, as we were still putting feelers out with people, and God, once again, came through BIG time!


Long (long) story short - a couple from our church has bought a house and is moving to Prairie Grove. They've been trying to sell their current house in Springdale for over a year and decided to take it off the market for a while. They said we could rent it (for SUPER affordable-basically what we would be paying for a 1-bedroom apartment) under no contract or commitment. We can stay for a month or 6 months - whatever we need! They are the SWEETEST couple. So anyways, we'll be able to save money and keep looking for a house. We're so excited!


Oh, the only catch - they don't close on their house until Sept. 19th. Yep, you guessed it. That means we can't move in there until 10 days before my due date. We'll pray Baby Dough is closer to the 29th so we don't have to move in with someone else for a few days until we can move into this house. Believe it or not, I'm actually not worried about it! The Lord has worked out every detail so far. He'll work out this one too. :)


So...............
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your prayers and support through this process. It still seems a little surreal that these prayers are finally answered after months and months of waiting. We feel incredibly blessed. 


"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine...to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!" Eph. 3:20-21


Oh, and we have a crazy vehicle update to give you too, but this post was getting too long. So, more on that tomorrow. :)