For almost a year Szandra and I were praying and going back and forth about our housing plans. We knew that we wanted to serve with Word of Life Hungary on the long term, and we knew that we wanted to live in our own home. During last fall we asked an architect to make the floorplans for our "dream-home." After getting some cost estimates we realized that those dreams could never go true. After two radical downsizings we had to admit that building would be a financial burden for the rest of our life.
Meanwhile we kept an eye open to the local used house market. There was one home, in particular, we liked. We checked it in August, 2007 - but the price of it then was out of our range. Now a year later that home was still out on the market, and the owners took our offer that was about 80% of what they were asking for. It ended up costing us far less than a new home would have. So, guess what, we are BUYING our own home. We like it, it is big, comfortable, modern and ready for us to move in.
Please praise God with us for His provision. And, pray as we are working through the details of the purchase. Some minor repairs, painting and other things will have to be done, our new baby will have to be born and camp will have to be finished, before we move in. We need wisdom in our time-management, patience and wisdom in deciding how to finance the house. Would you like to see a few pictures of the house? Here they are.
Meanwhile we kept an eye open to the local used house market. There was one home, in particular, we liked. We checked it in August, 2007 - but the price of it then was out of our range. Now a year later that home was still out on the market, and the owners took our offer that was about 80% of what they were asking for. It ended up costing us far less than a new home would have. So, guess what, we are BUYING our own home. We like it, it is big, comfortable, modern and ready for us to move in.
Please praise God with us for His provision. And, pray as we are working through the details of the purchase. Some minor repairs, painting and other things will have to be done, our new baby will have to be born and camp will have to be finished, before we move in. We need wisdom in our time-management, patience and wisdom in deciding how to finance the house. Would you like to see a few pictures of the house? Here they are.
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