Update

We still know nothing except, of course, that it would really have to be God's will in order for this house to work out. :-)

Laura called yesterday morning and said that "multiple offers" had come in on that house on Monday. It could be just ours and the other offer we knew about, or there could be others as well--she was sort of led to believe there were more than just the two. At that point, anyone who had made an offer was made aware that there were "multiple offers" and had to sign a paper saying they knew, and also were allowed the opportunity to change their offer before they were all submitted to the company. The goal, of course, is for everybody to up their offers in hopes of not losing the property to the other guy(s). James signed the paper, but we didn't even consider changing our offer. We had prayed and felt so confident about the amount we offered to begin with and just didn't feel at all like we ought to get freaked out and get into a bidding war over anything. So we stayed put: $6,000 below the asking price. We feel the house is worth every bit of the asking price and logic says the other folks would agree and have probably offered much more. So it's not looking good. We're not concerned about how it looks though. Either this is the house God has for us or it isn't. I think it's cool either way. If this IS the house God has for us, I think it is so great that He's making things so "impossible" so we can know beyond all shadow of a doubt that He worked it out, if He does. And if this ISN'T the house God has for us, I'm so thankful that He moved so quickly to save us from the wrong thing! Though we would love to have the beautiful 3 acres only 10 minutes from church (that would definitely be the greater loss--much more than the house itself), I can honestly say that we don't care--we just want what God has planned for us. He knows all of the things about his house and the future that we don't know, and if this is not the house for us then we trust that He has something else already picked out for us and just isn't telling yet. ;-)

So that's the latest. It could take up to a week before we hear anything, but we're hoping it's not that long. Help us pray for God's will, whatever that is. 'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus... :-)

Yesterday was a successful day around the house, completing school (even double days with Katie & Sam who mad missed the day before), finishing all of the laundry, getting all of the floors cleaned (evil rug vacuumed two or three times throughout the day), made a delightful dinner of fried bologna and hot dogs (HA!), and even went to bed at a decent hour. All this while James was in town to take the Charles to be groomed. ~sigh~ Poor Charlie. This is his first grooming here and he looks hilarious. The lady shaved his mustache off completely, so now he looks like a little girl dog. Like it's not embarrassing enough already to be a poodle.

Lots to be done today--gotta get busy. Thanks for the prayers! :-)