We were under contract on our two lots as of a couple weeks ago and so we pushed forward with plans to build. Yet, we feel we came to our closed door. We received a phone call from our Adair liaison and we just can't make the financing work. To receive 100% financing the home has to appraise for $300,000. That will NEVER happen.
Luckily we didn't have to pay for an official appraisal, or anything else for that matter.
We have basically walked away from our Adair "dream" and have viewed it as a closed door.
After I took the call from Adair, I looked at the MLS online and saw a home that we have been thinking about looking in for quite a while now. I didn't want to pursue it because I didn't care for the location. But, since we have been living on Wheeler St., our viewpoint has changed in regards to location.
Even more importantly, we have visited a lot about how we feel God is changing our focus on ministry as a family. Not that we are leaving church ministry, but we are adding to it by engaging the whole family. We have been working really hard on becoming more open, vulnerable and truth-tellers. We feel like God is steering us in a direction to welcome folks into our home to be open with, be vulnerable with and to speak truth. Hoping that people will feel that they can do the same. Our home will be a "fortress", a place to put their feet up, to relax, to feel safe and be loved. To do life with us.
When I saw the house at 180 S. 2nd street, I called my Realtor to go have a look. I just wanted some encouragement and to start moving on from the Adair house. You could look at it as going through a break-up and then headed out on that first date with the "new guy."
It is such a cool house.
The location puts us in a place of allowing for people to just swing by and be welcomed. Plus, we are right across the street from the Library and a park. Could be pretty great.
We looked through it again today with my Dad, Mom, Sister and Grandma. I could totally see all of us there.
Tonight at dinner, Kendal and I talked about it and it is going to take a bit of a miracle to make it work because of some of the upgrades we will need to do, BUT, we serve a Big God.
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