A New Journey Begins

Malachi and I have been married now for 7 years and we've had dreams of owning a home, but have never been in a financial position to...until now!

A few weeks ago we looked at a property for rent that sat on 22 acres of land out in the country.  We fell in love with it, but sadly it was not meant for us to have.  A week later as I registered on a realtor site to view some rental property, an agent called me and after some talking we took steps to see if we could qualify for a home loan.  To our utter surprise we were pre-approved for MUCH more than we ever thought we would be! 

For the past several months we've been faithfully attending and loving our new church home.  We drive about an hour every Sunday to fellowship with like-minded families and have been extremely blessed and humbled.  We decided fairly quickly that we'd like to move out that way, and now we were being given the "green light" to purchase a home there.

The search began and this past Saturday we visited 6 different properties.  The first house we looked at, initially, I was not keen on - but in the end it was my absolute favorite!  This sweet little cottage style home sits on an entire acre of land (with the potential to purchase additional acreage) and is just the perfect home for us.  While walking the property Malachi and I began planning all of the great things we'd do - vegetable garden, chickens, get a dog, fruit trees, tire swing - oh the list goes on! 

The house has 4 bedrooms and 1 bathroom, a HUGE kitchen with custom made cabinets and porcelain sink.  The bathroom is adorable with a claw foot porcelain tub and a cute tin roof wall behind the tub.  The master bedroom is big and has a door that opens onto the front porch.  Oh the porch!  We have a front porch and it wraps around the house to the back!  I cannot even begin to describe how perfect this house is for us.  I can't wait to get moved in!

Our Little Brown Cottage

We put in our offer and today we learned that while the seller did counter, it was right where we thought they would - and so we accepted!  Now we wait for the inspection and appraisal. 

I cannot believe this is all happening.  It just seems so surreal!  The Lord has been so good to us and we are so thankful!  Our children will have a home that they can grow up safely in with a huge yard (a whole acre) to run around and play and learn about God's marvelous creation.  Sofia wants a goat so bad - and you know, I just can't see why that would be a problem! 

Beautiful Old Oak Tree

Our very own home.

A home that is exactly what we've been praying for.

A home that is near our church family and friends.

A home!

Chicken Coop (Needs to be repaired and cleaned)

All we ask at this point, are prayers for the process here on out to be smooth and simple.  We've got a church family and friends on stand-by to help us get all moved and a full  list of DIY projects we want to do in our new home.

To those who have known about this and have been faithfully remembering us in prayer; thank you!  It is so amazingly humbling to know there are so many people who love us and who have been praying along side us for this day to come!  We pray the Lord receive all the glory for all the good that is happening in our lives because it truly is Him who is working all of this out for us!

Soli Deo Gloria!

Serving God and Family,
Crystal <><