Saying thanks!

When Jennifer and I felt the call to make the move from our former place of service to Radford we knew that the transition would not be easy. We had a house to sell 45 minutes away and it would be almost impossible to drive back and forth.
We did give the back and forth everyday a try, for a week, but it was a tremendous failure - the kids have to be at school early, Joshua at 7:30, and have different times to be picked up, Jen often needs to be at her building until at least 7, on BCM nights more like 10, up early and back late and it just did not work.
So, we were given a six month window to rent a house and live in Radford while we attempted to sell the house in Wythe County. The six months sped by and we found ourselves paying rent and a house payment for a house we were no longer living in plus utilities for two homes. It was literally killing us financially.
For many months we had no movement on the house. We changed realtors hoping for a spark and although there was a little action up front, still no solid leads. We were less than a week from our short term agreement with the new agent was going to expire and that would mean that we would be forced to rent the house to keep us afloat. Suddenly, a ray of light appeared and then a second ray of light appeared. Two sets of talks were taking place and then on Sunday we received a solid offer that we accepted. Now, don't get me wrong, we are not getting what we thought the house was worth, we are going to be lucky to buy a groceries for a few days with our "profit", but we have a contract to sell our house.
We are not fully celebrating yet. There are still hoops to jump through, but I feel that if God has carried us this far, He will not fail us now. The closing is set for just before Christmas and just nine days before we leave to do our mission trip to South Africa, and we could not be more excited.
I have to admit, there were times in the last 17 months that I didn't know what we could do if the house didn't sell, yet God was faithful. I know some people have though I was crazy for taking this path, but God has shown, once again, that He works in mysterious ways.
I am ever so thankful.