Good News!

WE HAVE A PURCHASE AGREEMENT IN PLACE TO GET OUR HOUSE SOLD!

Can you tell we are a little excited?!? Someone saw the house on Wednesday afternoon and had an offer to us by Thursday afternoon. We proposed a counter offer Thursday night and it was accepted by Friday morning! All the papers have been signed to make the offer official and now we pray the inspection goes well this week. We aren't expecting any problems but would appreciate continued prayer that the process goes smoothly so we can truly get moved.

Right now our closing date in ND is set for "on or before May 12". I am hopeful that on both the selling and buying end for us we can move that date up some, but either way it's good to have a date in sight.

We also made an offer on a house we all fell in love with in Muscatine. We were able to get all the necessary paperwork to them last night and are hoping to hear something today. The house we want to buy is owned by someone who is being relocated to another state, so a relocation company may need to be involved in the process. That should not be a big deal, it just means that a few more people may need to see all the paperwork steps, which could add a few days to getting our offer finalized. We are praying hard that this is the house we can buy and are very excited!

God's timing has been perfect - just like we knew it would be. Some days it was hard to see past the fact that we just weren't all together, but then we would get a fresh start the next day and it was easier to remain hopeful. Now we are eagerly anticipating getting to move and get started on our new life in a new community. The girls are looking forward to finishing up the school year in Muscatine as well as being excited about the big "moving away slumber party" I promised them they could have with their friends. So once we have a firm closing date set and the date set for the movers to come, we'll have to start planning a slumber party!

Now that things are getting a little more exciting around here, I'll probably have a few more regular posts than usual. At least until we get moved.... then i'll just be busy getting unpacked!

Thanks to all of you who have been praying about this moving process. One major hurdle has been jumped and now everything else can start falling into place as well. God has taken care of us and timed all of this for us in ways that have been surprising. It's been a good process to go through for all of us I think and we are thankful for this time of waiting. That being said, I am SO happy to get to live with my husband again!!!!