So we are moving to Oakwood...that much we know. Now comes the part of the story that I think highlights the amazing sovereignty of our God and Savior Jesus in all things. You see moving to Oakwood sounds great until you start to analyze all the things that will have to go right for this to take place. First of all, we have this 3 bedroom house that we have to do something with. Do we sell it? If so, do we sell it ourselves or get a realtor? How much do we sell it for? That means we are going to have to get an inspector. The last time this happened, the guy missed the issues with the hot water heater and we ended up dropping 600 bones on the whole deal. Needless to say, we had a lot of questions. Well, like Katie and I shared, we had been looking at downsizing and had looked at a few houses; so we were already in contact with a realtor to help us sell and/or buy a house. We sat down with her and were basically dealt the nicest this is going to be nearly impossible speech we could be given. Meanwhile, somewhere in Northeast Arkansas, God was moving a family to register at CBC, pack up everything and move to Conway. Pardon the How I Met Your Mother reference, but kids....this is the story of how we met the Wrights. So like I said we are moving to Oakwood, Katie and I were only sure about 2 things at this point in the adventure: 1. God had put it in our hearts to move to Oakwood. 2. Somehow, this whole house thing would work itself out...even if it didn't look promising. We spent the next weeks praying, talking, crunching numbers and daydreaming of this random knock on the door where someone loved our house so much they would just buy it on the spot. Well, our God had something so much better for us.
We hadn't advertised because we weren't sure how much to sell for, weren't sure if we could do it ourselves or needed a realtor. Then one day it hit us. What if we rented? Yes that's right, rented. Sounds simple right? I mean after all, we've never done this before and I'm not exactly Mr. Handyman but the more I thought about it the more it sounded appealing. We could rent and know that the house was settled as oppose to wait and wait and wait for the house to sell in a market that isn't promising, in an economy that isn't stable, before we went to Oakwood. We could rent with a deposit and have an account to use for any repairs and maintenance. This could work. Once again, this was totally outside anything that we had planned or even anything we thought we could do. But, as with every other step in the story, we knew if this was what God wanted he would provide and that's just what he did.
We announced to the church Sunday that we were hearing God tell us to move to Oakwood and all that it would involve and asked for prayer. Monday, I got a text from my friend Jay Sawrie and he had met this guy named BJ Wright who was asking on Conway Online Yard Sale if anyone in Conway knew of a 3 bedroom house available to rent for his family when they started CBC in the fall.. Could this be it? Jay commented on his post on the Facebook group and told him about our house. I messaged this guy and we literally spent the rest of the afternoon while I was at work talking about the house, exchanged pictures of our home and talking details about renting the place. They loved it. It was exactly what they wanted. We had a deal. I called Katie and shared with her the potential answer to our prayers. The Wrights were planning to come to Conway on Wednesday so that BJ could finalize his transfer to McDonald's, where he would be a manager over several stores in the city. Could this really be happening?
The Wrights came Wednesday night to view the house. It was everything they were looking for and instantly we became friends with this great family. The amount of rent and deposit was perfect for their budget. The yard was great for their dog. The location was great for BJ's commute to work. This was the best thing for both of us. We found renters that we could have a relationship with and that agreed to everything we desired to rent for and our timelines to move matched perfectly. The Wrights found a home, and not just a place, but a home that they said they would want to keep during the entire time they would be students at CBC. God had orchestrated our stories together in such a way that can only be His Hand and He alone should get glory for it. This was an answer to prayer. In case you missed this..no advertisement...we prayed on Sunday, answer on Monday, were landlords with a date set to move to Oakwood by Wednesday. Is anything too great for my God? I think not....
So here we are, a little over a week out and I still can't get over His Wright Turn.....Stay tuned readers because I have a strong feeling that we ain't seen nothing yet.
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