Answered Prayers

Hi everyone. Yes, it has been a while since I posted. No, we didn't get that house previously pictured. It was a bit of a sore point for a while and every time I pulled up the blog intending to write something, I couldn't bring myself to do it. So there it stayed. Suffice to say that the building inspection showed some issues that our finances couldn't rectify. Instead, we have spent the last six weeks looking for a new place to live and we finally found one. Well actually, we found two. One in Pleystowe and one in Andergrove. We put an offer on our favourite (Andergrove) yesterday and last night the agent rang and said that the owner's accepted. Hooray! We think that this is God's pick for us. We think this for a couple of reasons.

First: Two days ago, I was going to make an offer on the Pleystowe property and God 'lightning bolted' me - twice. I was dialling the number of the agent and I was praying: 'God, if you don't want me to ring, you need to do something major like crash my computer' - and the program I was working on suddenly flashed and gave up the ghost. Okay, I thought. perhaps a coincidence, but if Sally (my co-worker) walks into my office now, then I know something is up. Within 3 seconds, Sally walked into the office.

Second: We put in quite a low offer - about 30 000 dollars less than asked. About 20 past 7 in the evening, I said a prayer with the boys and then at 7:30, the agent rang and said that the contract was signed. I asked her what time the owners had said yes, and she said, 7:20. That's a testament to the power of prayer and I think a clear sign that God wants us to get this place. The agent later said that she really didn't think it would work and that, at best, the owners would need to think about it overnight. But God had other plans.

This morning I opened my Bible randomly to Psalm 38 (about the power of prayer) and hasn't our faith been refreshed by this experience! Praise God for his goodness.