New home

Shar and I have been actively praying and searching for a new house for our family for some time now. Our little unit is finally becoming too cramped for our maturing family. Each time we found a place we thought might do, we prayed for the Lord's guidance and within a couple of days the property would be under contract. We approached a bank about getting a loan approval in principle but because if the cyclone and a few other commitments and Easter also, we didn't send in the requires information until a few weeks later. When we did send, the emIl went to the banker's junk box and she didn't see it. After some days I rang up to confirm that she got the email, she discovered it and finally sent our approval. It arrived on Wednesday 19. I had booked a viewing of a place on Thursday. Meanwhile, Shar and I had written a list of all the things that our new home needed and presented it to God. When we saw the house on Thursday, we realised that the house fulfilled all the points on our list. The agent turned out to be Shar's mums's first cousin and remembered her. 

We couldn't afford the asking price. And the seller had little motivation to sell cheaply. We offered what we could. The seller had previously held firm in price but for us he came down a further 5K to accept our offer! God is good!

I'm sure that the Lord had his hand in the timing of the approval, the timing of looking at the place that satisfied our list and having a family member working as liaison. God also worked to secure the house for our price.  

Today the contract was signed and we paid the deposit. Tomorrow is Anzac Day and on Wednesday we approach the bank to get our loan sorted. 

Exciting times!