Moving On...Again

Happy Sabbath

I had a good week this week and thank the Lord for that.  I was able to  keep my productivity up and was successful with all of my work appointments. 

I had a great time during the camp trip I attended last weekend.  It was my first time sleeping outside in a tent and building my own fires.  I was stressed out about housing stuff and bothered by some other things that occurred that weekend but the best part about the trip was the rain. 

I loved the rain.  It rained lightly every other hour the first night we were there.  The second day we were expecting thunderstorms.  That evening, an hour before the close of Sabbath, a huge gust of wind came through and I rushed to secure items and was able to get everything including my son in place before the rain came down.  It was as if the Lord held back the rain until I got into my tent. 

The rain made everything alright, it was very relaxing.  My son stopped tantruming and went to sleep.  I was able to enjoy listening to my audio Bible and didn’t have any further interruptions from other people.  The rain stopped about an hour later and I was able to go use the facilities with my son before we returned and settled for the night.  The rain started up again after the bathroom break and continued  on and off like every other hour. 

I slept better that second night and woke up around 5:30am and packed up everything by 6:45am and headed home. 

I would do it again but next time I would have a much larger tent and bring better cooking items. 

The house thing is a bust.  On Monday, I received communications from the bank and it seemed as though I might have a chance.  My realtor was thinking the title company was going to help get the letter we needed from Hud as they supposedly had a good connection with them, but Thursday turned into Friday and Friday is now Saturday.  My agent said he would send out the documentation to cancel the contract on Friday if he did not get an update from them.  I haven’t heard anything so I assume we will have to cancel the contract.  My 45 day mark is Monday.  HUD only gives you 45 days to close. I went to see a short sale on Sunday after the camping trip and that was the worst house I ever stepped foot into. That was a definite no.

I am still very disappointed but I know that God has something for us out here. I have to keep looking every week to see if something pops up.  The house that I saw Sunday and the very first house I saw started at about the same price, but the first one was clean and pretty much move in ready.  It just needed a few cosmetic repairs which I could count on one hand.  I pray I can find something like that again. 

I was able to get a storage unit and started moving items on May 1^st.  May 3^rd, I went by the apartment and the barrier I set up to keep the wasps out (theres a nest in the ceiling), well they broke through and I will have to come with hornet spray cans locked and loaded every time I walk up in there.  I am thankful that I am able to stay with family again.  I remember how much I wanted to leave and it was such a stressful time for me.  We were stepping on each others toes and we could not continue with that arrangement.  So this day and tomorrow, my focus is on finding a house.  I have to.  We will be stepping on each other again.

I received a flier from church about a luncheon that will be held next Sabbath.  Turns out, that luncheon is held at a Methodist church which is 2 houses up from where I am currently staying.  That church was my very first church when I was a child.  So after service next week, I plan to drive home and walk to the luncheon. 

I am going to try to stop stressing out.  I just want the Lord to show me where to go.  I don’t know what I will hear next week or what I will find.  What ever it is, I will give it to God and we’ll see where we are from there.