It begins to rain.... and pours!

As we have blogged about before, we had been waiting nearly two years for God's timing to be right, in our desire to move. Despite that bad market, we listed our house for sale back in October 2007 and continued to wait. Finally, in May we received a reasonable offer on our home and prepared to move in one month!!

As I stated in my blog a few days ago, we had been waiting... and waiting... and during this time, God really molded us and worked in us to prepare us for what was ahead. Many of our mindsets changed during that time, many of our expectations and desires also changed so that we would be open to the wonderful plan HE had for us. God had been putting on the brakes for so long with this - once He took his foot off the brakes, we began a whirwind journey that has left us breathless and utterly grateful!

Merely days after our home went under contract, we found a beautiful home in a great location that perfectly suited our needs. Everything with the closings went smoothly, we had wonderful friends who helped up pack up and clean our old home, then turn around and move us into our new home the very next day. And as I said earlier, God did not let one single detail fall by the wayside - He truly took care of everything. It may have been a whirlwind month, but He was in control. We have learned that there is truly NOTHING like waiting for His timing and letting Him lead! We could have never done that great of a job by ourselves. :) Believe me, I would love to detail it all out here but if you'd like to know, I will detail it in person sometime.

So much unpacking to do!

Shortly after we moved in, we also found ourselves finally buying a minivan - a car we had held off on buying as long as possible, while we miserably crammed three carseats into the back of our sedan! Alas, on the 4th of July, our trusted sedan became untrustworthy and completely broke down on us in Palmer Lake, CO, therefore pushing us into the need to buy a new car - and we knew it was time. Once again, the raining continued and God provided us with an excellent Honda Odyssey at a steal of a price - and how we love it! :) Now we can't imagine why we were so resistant to the idea in the first place!