A Long Week....

It has been such a long week. We have been searching for a new place to live and have had to make the drive to the Gold Coast every day last week to view places. Some days were such a waste of time as they were either complete dives or nice places located in a complete dive of a neighbourhood.

Finally on Friday we put our application into 4 places. The first two places that we viewed were quite nice and the one in particular we really liked, but it was not available until the 17 th of December (their ad said the 17th of November) and then the second place was also not available until the 14th of December. We weren't too impressed. We did like a third one, but we could not get into viewing the place. It had a really nice big yard and was available immediately. We decided to put our application into this third one with the big yard and put a subject to viewing clause on it and then a 4th one came up that we could go view that moment. So off we went and it was a block from the beach, super clean, but quite small and no yard. It too was available immediately. By this time we were desperate so we put our application into both of these.

We started heading back into Brisbane, feeling pretty low and wondering what to do now--trying to have faith and trust in the Lord. THen our cell phone rings and we have been approved for the last two that we put our applicaiton in. Of course our first choice was the one with the big yard that we had not yet viewed, but the owners were out of town--althougth the property manager was pretty sure we would be approved. So we had to wait all weekend until today to find out. There were other applications on these properties, so we didn't think that we would have a chance, but the lady at the front desk put in a really good word for us (praise the Lord) and that is why we got approved so quickly in front of those other people.

So today, the propery manager still hadn't talked to the owner, we were a little confused becuase she had pretty much said that we were approved, but now we were back to being in limbo. However, the owner just happened to call while they were on a layover and gave the approval for us to move in over the phone. Just before we received this call we sat down tired, exasperated and confused and prayed. We asked the Lord to make things clear for us. We said that if this property did not go through it was our signal to head back to Canada. We have had enough of looking and our little boy is really sick right now because he hasn't been able to take his naps and just have his normal routine. So the Power of Prayer is Amazing. Why do I doubt it so much??

We move in this Saturday!! Praise the Lord once again!!

Oh just thought I would post these pictures....to get into the Christmas spirit a little. Yes these are wild Pointesettas!!