It's official...we sold our house! We accepted an offer the third week of October, almost exactly 6 months to the day that we listed it. The buyers signed the papers today and it is supposed to close next week. It was a long process but God was definitely at work and orchestrated a great ending! While we had a couple of offers prior, they weren't even worth considering. Finally, one morning we had an offer come in that was reasonable so we met with our realtor to prepare a counter offer. Literally minutes after we left his office and right before his assistant faxed our counter offer, we got a call from a new agent who said we would be getting
another offer that day! After SIX (very long) months of waiting, we had two competing offers! At that point our realtor didn't yet know the details of the 2nd offer but he was able to tell them we had another offer on the table so they knew it needed to be competitive. God put the final "stamp" of approval on the whole thing by laying a specific amount on my heart to pray for. Just seconds after I finished praying and asking for that specific amount, our realtor called and shared the details of the 2nd offer. Guess what?! Same
exact amount that God laid on my heart to pray! Don't you just love when He works in a way that makes it so obvious that it was HIM all along?! That confirmation alone was well worth the wait!
The buyers did agree to let us rent back until we could find another house. Just one week after we accepted the offer, we found a great house to buy and had an offer accepted on that house. We are now just waiting for the appraisal on the new house and expect to hear back in the next few days. Praying that goes well! If it does, we will be moving the weekend before Christmas. Moving during the holidays is not exactly what the "planner" in me would have planned but with God, all things are possible!
