taking the plunge

we did it... we put on offer on a house.

This is significant for several reasons: 1) of course financially it is a huge decision, 2) it is a short sale which will require lots of patience and trust in the Lord timing it all perfectly, 3) it means we are putting down roots here.

Yes it is a big decision but financially it isn't making much sense to keep renting when we could find something that has payments only about 30-40 dollars more than rent. Also b/c it is a short sale we have to wait at least 30-45 days(hopefully even longer for us) if not longer to hear if the offer was accepted or not. WE are in a lease until April so ideally if we could close in Feb our first real payment would be April and then we are only paying one month of double payments. We are just having to trust that God will make them actually take a long time deciding so we can push it that far (I know- every one else makes an offer and can't wait and here we are stuck waiting and wanting it to take a long time!)

Most importantly it means staying here for a long time. With today's economy people don't necessarily stay in one place for more than 5 plus years so yes we know we could move on but at the same time this feels pretty permanent. Brock's job is pretty solid so for us it is more about the question "is this where we want to settle and raise our family?". With my family being spread all out and Brock's family still in and out since two of his siblings are still in college we don't have any reason to move back toward family- cant move to be near people when they are all spread out! SO yeah, this is saying that we are staying in Atlanta and making this home. which i am ok with- it is looking like my dad and mom are moving to either SD or Montana so at least if we stay here we have a big airport to fly out of.

We are still looking for a new church but there are several good ones with in about 7 miles of the house so we know God will show us which one is for us (hopefully soon too b/c it is hard to not have a church home!)

If you would like to look at some pics of the house here is the link:
http://www.soldbykim.com/irw/printlisting.php?lid=18533&oid=0&aoid=&aid=218&cid=177