Housing update....

There is really not a lot to be said about our housing update. It's more like a soap opera. I'll post a little update in as cheery attitude as possible.

1 month ago yesterday (September 17) we put a bid in on a house. We heard nothing until last Sunday evening. Last Sunday we were informed that (because the house is bank-owned, and the bank was not moving along at more than a snail's pace that) there was another bid put in on the house. We were less than thrilled. I think livid, is more accurate. We went back to the house on Monday with whole slew of people. We picked over the place with a fine toothed comb, if you will. We re-evaluated our current bid. We submitted another offer (not too far off our first offer), since the bank (which owns it) did pay to clean up the mold that was in the basement (long story, not a concern any more. The basement is dry... it was from the smashed vanity in the bathroom above.) Then we sat and waited some more. On Thursday, our bid was met with a verbal counter offer. (This time, not soo bad.) On Friday, we accepted the counter offer. Now, we're waiting for the official paperwork.

If you're thinking "How can I pray for them, now?" (If you're not, please think that... because we really would appreciate all the prayers we can get at this point.) Because the bank has been dragging their feet, we're pushing awfully close to the "first time homebuyer tax credit" deadline. We should have been fine with the deadline if they would have accepted our bid within the normal 2 week time frame. But now... we're not sure. It will be very, very close. We need to close before November 30. Please join with us in prayer, that we can accomplish this task. It will certainly help out in the future with some repairs we intend to make in the spring.

Other than that, we're still in limbo... waiting.

Thanks for the prayers!!

~K~

Funny observation....

So I just made a funny observation. I have more than 12,000 hits on this blog... yet only 1 follower.

Pam... do you check on me a lot? Sorry you are so often disappointed with no updates. Thanks for checking in on me! :-)

Quietness... and prayers....

It has been some time since I have blogged. Not because there wasn't something to say... I purposefully kept quiet out of fear. Fear of shear disappointment. Fear of saying too much, getting too many questions, getting attached, and then more disappointment.

The time has come to face reality.

We put a bid in on our 2nd house of the year. I am completely grateful for this opportunity. But now, that has put us in a predicament. No, no, no, we didn't over bid? We haven't been accepted, and now we're in an amazing bidding war.

I'm not going to say much about the house or the situation yet. But, I'd like to express the dire need for prayer. We need it now, more than ever, for this situation. We're exhausted. We're to the point of throwing in the housing towel (as it may be) for a year... or more. I know it's a "buyers market" but, honestly, it hasn't been too kind to us. It has more recently become very discouraging, and breaking.

So, if you are called by God to be a prayer warrior, please.... remember us in prayer. This is way more than we can handle on our own. The only reason we're still sticking with it, is completely by Faith in God. But, we are weak. So, very weak. Your prayers are needed, coveted, and appreciated.

I will update more... and give more details about our situation, in (probably) a few days.

I just thought I'd let you know we are alive!

K