How it all Started, conclusion
When God says, “be still” it can feel like you are still for forever. But when He says, “move”, friend, you better fasten your seat belt!
Settlement was scheduled for December 19th. We needed the check to clear in order to make the purchase of the RV and the next week was Christmas. We arranged to do a wire transfer to the seller as soon as the money cleared our account. That week we were travelling to St. Mary’s, GA for Christmas. December 27th we planned to leave St. Mary’s early and make the trip to Glenn St. Mary’s, Florida to pick up the rig. It was going to be a long day, we were looking forward to a two-hour tutorial then a 4-5 hour drive home. But wait, where was “home” going to be?
The week of Thanksgiving I called a number of campgrounds near Phenix City. Black Friday while everyone else was out shopping, we were touring campgrounds looking for a place to park our RV for the month of January.
We checked a number of spots but really had no peace. When Gary and I spoke about it on Saturday we both had whittled the list down to one but felt we wanted another peek at it Sunday after church. While laying in bed that night I was scrolling Facebook, I had joined so many RV groups it was silly. But something popped up on the “Lots for Sale or Rent” site I joined. Austin from Smiths Station had three lots listed. I asked Gary and then reached out to Austin via Facebook Messenger. We made an appointment to meet Sunday afternoon.
As soon as we met, I saw he was wearing Scripture on his shirt. We quickly hit it off, booked the site for the last week of December and the whole month of January. Checking things off the list!!
Packing hit a whole new level of frenzy. Boxing my grandma’s china for our oldest, bagging up clothes and costume jewelry for a clothing bank, giving away books, games and so much more.
Inspections, small repairs, all the things were happening. And then… My friend the buyer says to me, “Don’t panic, but there might be a small problem. We had to switch lenders.” This was December 5th. The cool God thing in this is that the buyer had her two-year anniversary at her employer on December 7th. She signed the new loan paperwork on December 8th. Had she been added to the loan any sooner, her two years at this employer would not have counted as income. God is so good.
About a week before closing my realtor started cautioning me about the possibility of a new closing date. Well, then we get into the week of Christmas. Again, we were planning on leaving town for Christmas. We had plans, a signed CONTRACT, to purchase the RV. So. Many. Things.
God is so good. The buyer’s realtor had a personal contact at the lender. We closed on the scheduled close date! Since the buyers were in rental situations until February, they allowed us to stay in the home until we picked up the RV.
Listen, God was all over this. I truly believe we are walking in His Will. That doesn’t mean there won’t be hard times. But we have literally shed the trappings of this world and are holding onto Jesus.
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