Day 13...God will move you! (The best chaotic story yet)

Here we are at day 13...and we have a home! We signed the lease with the option to buy in 6 months today and will be moving to Wellington, KS this Friday.  God provided and let me tell you all about it.

First off let me tell you this house that we're leaving has meant a lot with symbols that only relate to our personal story, but one thing was our house # here was 555 which is our son's birthday #'s. The new house is 1306 which is my birthday numbers...and here we are on the 13th day. Just some cool stuff that means nothing else but are little coincidences that make us smile. We definitely know we were supposed to be here at least up until now if for nothing more than all that our son received in services, etc.

We got the official notice to vacate in the mail today stating that July's rent was still expected though on the phone last week, the landlord called to tell me if we moved out early they would gladly prorate/refund the rent that we didn't use. HA! I'm sorry, but we've planned to be out of here on July 1st from the beginning because we didn't have the funds to pay rent here, pay deposit for the new plus rent. In reality we didn't have the first month's rent even when we signed the lease today, but they are letting us move in anyway and waiting until the next pay period for that. How awesome is that!! Also please know that this new house is up for sale, so they are putting it on a pending status with the realtor for the 6 months until we confirm whether we want it or not. How nice!! God's mercy is fabulous! No showings while we rent, and no possibility of us being kicked out again. To be honest she had a cash buyer offer to buy it yesterday, but since she already told us we could sign the lease today; she refused to sell it due to our circumstances. Amazing...I don't know that I would've done that in her situation.

Taken from Facebook and want to give credit but can't find the page again, sorry!

One hour after signing the new lease...seriously I get a call from the current landlord asking if we'd like to go ahead and stay! What the hell?! Seriously?!? Yes, they're willing to move into the other property they offered us because they got a special transportation allowance to keep their kids in the district while they build their new house. I'm sorry but I've never felt boiling in my body like I did at that minute. See they offered us to move into their other rental property for $150 more a month (see that story here, its a whopper too) when they told us we had to move 13 days ago. No! We declined because we can't afford to pay that much for rent, and it would move us out of the school district so we decided to look elsewhere. God, what are you doing? Did we jump ahead too soon not trusting you? Did we do exactly what we were supposed to? I asked all these questions, and honestly I'm still asking.

The hubby had to remind me why we're not staying...they wouldn't fix what needed to be done. For example the bathroom linoleum started cracking from the 2 leaks that happened. They fixed the leak but never fixed the floor. When we needed a new toilet, they put in a new toilet right over the cracked floor. I tried to hide and protect it as much as possible with a rug, but really; why would someone allow that? It's not going to repair itself and it's sure not going to keep from getting worse. I wouldn't doubt it now that there is mold in the walls of the bathroom as they never pulled the walls back to fix the leaks, but did something from the outside where the faucet hooks in. There were leaks in the hallway from the drainage and they just wanted us to dry the carpet, never pulling it up to replace or clean it. Ugh! Ok, I remember now. Now I'll give them credit otherwise as they never bothered us.

Here's the other provisions:
1. New house comes with 5 bedrooms/2 bath (no more sharing w/ the kid), huge shop/garage (hubby gets his man cave), we backed up to a small lake (ohh heck yeah, FISHING), it has a basement (the kid no longer scared of dangerous weather), it has a reverse osmosis system (yay for everyone!), and it's $250 cheaper a month...HALLELUJAH!! Now mind you I'm not trying to make this house glamorous because it's not; it's a fixer upper but nothing we can't live in while deciding if we'll buy. We would no where close to be being homeowners if we stayed at the current location. It's a beautiful thought.

 I'm just going to laugh now at my future...it's all in His hands as it's always been!! So day 13 God has provided and it's not over yet...I'm going out the entire 30 because I believe there is more to reveal. We're embracing joy as we take these steps into our unknown future/path.

~ Blessings!

Simply LOLA

Day 1: If you don't move...God will move you.

Morning was going as normal...and the phone rings. I answer because I see it's the landlord. Conversation goes like this...

LL: Hi, how are you?

Me: Good, how are you?

LL: You got a minute to talk, we need to discuss something.

Me: Ok, yeah...(assuming that since I've known their house has been on the market for at least 2 months, it was to let me know their new address to mail the rent)

LL: We are giving you 30 days to move out. We sold our house and are going to be moving into your house.

Me: (thought: What?!?) Ok.

LL: It might be able to be stretched out to 45 days depending on the closing date, but we'll let you know. We have a property in Wichita (explains where it is) that is a bigger house, smaller yard for $1000 a month; (we pay $850 and struggle that) Would you like to see it? (thinking to self....still back on first statement; what?!? Is this really happening...ohh my, I've got APD, LOL!)

Me: I don't know, I'll have to talk to the hubby first

LL: I know this isn't news you wanted to hear.

Me: I'll let you know what the hubby says (because I can't even think at this point to talk about anything else)

Hang up.


WTH? God what are you doing? Yes, we've been processing moving...but uhm! We aren't in a lease, we ran out that and have been on month to month for 2 years now, so we really can't do anything.

Ok first off...when you have a special needs kid you don't just pick up and move without much research and questions. The conversation that must happen with the child for preparation and smooth transition. Ugh transition of one thing can be a huge deal; but this, might be more than one thing transitioning. The school district if we can't stay in this one, are we prepared to homeschool if it doesn't meet requirements? The emotional well being of the child, (I'll just say right here the landlord is in special education), the services offered in another county if we can't stay in this one. Wait, we need a deposit for the next house, we need to figure out traveling expenses for work if it's further than what we have now, the dogs...will we have to give them up? Uhm, is the hubby to find a different job altogether because this isn't where we're suppose to be, all these thoughts/questions/feelings!

I'm mad, I'm hopeful, I'm sad, I'm glad, I'm confused, I'm lost....rollercoaster, Let me off!!

Sure I want to be able to tell you ohhh I'm at peace because I know God has a plan (I do know this in my head), He's always provided a way before, He's always had the plan already set, blah, blah, blah. Well, to be honest, I'm a bit of a mess right now. A real mess actually...I don't know where we're going to live in 30 days, my future just got disrupted and it's out of my control. There is nothing I can do about it. I'm hurt that they didn't just move into the other house they offered us since it's just temporarily their home until what...a new house is built. Ugh! I'm mad that they didn't tell us a thing until now when they've had the house on the market for at least 2 months....ok, maybe they didn't know it would sell so quick or whatever. I'm thinking out loud here.

Here's the raw and real kicker for us...Hubby just lost all his OT (overtime this last month); that's money we depended on to live paycheck to paycheck. The reason I'm bringing up money...is this; I know there's more than want to admit they struggle in this area whether it's priorities are not in line, health/medical expenses deplete it, living outside their budget, etc....all those things have been played out before in my personal life. My husband busts his rear to provide for this family and he does a fantastic job, but we choose to live the simple life. We don't have credit cards or live on credit, we literally use all of our funds to have a home, food, and the necessities of life. We literally trust God for the rest. He delivers every single time and shocks us a lot of the time. We're so thankful for His provisions. It's just in a mess right now. So...we don't have a deposit for another home at this moment. So if you look at your current circumstance; like I'm doing right now...panic attack headquarters!! In this moment, we're going to be homeless.

I write this only because I know there will be another miracle story to tell at the end of this 30 days. Wait and see! God showed us that when we moved here 3 years ago...He'll do it again. Last time, it was a job offer the hubby couldn't refuse and we moved within 30 days to a whole other town 3 hrs away. Now it's a out of our control type scenario. Here goes the watch and see...I'm going to write the current struggle and provisions down everyday and share them with the world to prove God is faithful every time.

I'm just a simple girl trying to live out this life the best I can. Praying this brings hope to someone else. For this is the reason I live; to help another!

(for those who know the past story...East is still so ever strong; as much as to say, we didn't follow through with the original plan...so here's our chance to get it right. I'm turning back to Gideon again as well.)

This one...lately I've had a multitude of breakthroughs in different areas; New Season here we come!!

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Simply Lola
(forgive the grammar, etc. I'm not even in the mood to check it)