Tuesday, September 27, 2005

THE HOUSE IS SOLD!!!

Our real estate agent, Glen Leeco, called us back late this afternoon to say that the couple from Ontario countered our first counter, but Glen told them that our price was final. We had told Glen that after praying about it, and talking it over, that we felt God had made it clear to us that the sale of our house would cover all of our debts. That figure, as we calculated it this morning was $114,000.00. They told Glen that their best offer was $112,500.00 (up from the initial offer of $105,000.00). Glen told them that we would not accept an offer less than $114,000. So it looked as though they might walk away. However, a little while later, they called Glen back to say that they would pay $114,000.00 for the house. Our closing date, should everything go smoothly from here, will be November 3.

Glen said that God must have been at work in the sale of the house to these people. Apparently, they had no idea on Saturday that our house was for sale. However, they were looking for a house on the Island and happened to drive by our driveway where Glen had the "open house" sign. They decided to stop and take a look. Three days later, they bought it.

While this is tremendously good news, it does mean that the money we had hoped to take to Brazil with us from the sale of our house, will not be there. However, we are convinced that God has a plan to provide for us in other ways.