Moving Day on Thursday

Well, moving day is finally approaching. This Thursday we'll be moving out of what has been probably our favorite and best house we've ever lived in and moving about four miles away, just outside of town on Cross Lake Road. The place we'll be renting is the former Crafter's Cottage scrapbooking retreat house. It's a wonderful house and a real blessing for us to be able to find something so nice this close to town.

Of course, it wouldn't be moving day for the Spahrs without some type of inclement weather. This time we're expecting rain but hoping it won't last all day long.

If you're in the area and want to drop by and give us a hand for some of the day, please do so. We'll have some food for you, too! We're starting shortly after 8 a.m. and going until we're done (which hopefully won't be too late in the afternoon, depending on the weather).

Ready to Sell

A friend reminded me that I hadn't updated my blog in a while so I thought I'd better post again lest people stop checking it! (I shouldn't assume other people use a blog reader to get posts as they get updated. It's been a while now since I've done the old "click on a blog bookmark to see if there's anything new." Even if you look at just a couple of news or blog sites every few days, you'll really save yourself a lot of time by using something like Google Reader.)

Our family has been mostly occupied for the past several weeks getting our house ready to sell. Fortunately we have a strong housing market and the economy is great overall. (That was sarcasm, in case you missed it.) We were able to finish off our basement project (combining a former bedroom with another common area to create a nice sized family room) by putting down some new vinyl tile flooring. The basement looks great - as does the rest of the house - and should really help the house to sell (once we get any prospective buyers, that is!) The house is now listed with a local Realtor, so we'll see what happens.

Someone thought we had something lined up already as we were putting our house on the market. Not so - we are just trying to stay ahead of the game as we knew we could not keep payments going without a steady income. Plus there's just not much in this area as far as job opportunities for someone with my skills, traning, and experience, so the odds of us having to move are very high (like 99%!) That's a big frustration as we love Pine City and the boys really like their schools. Plus we have wonderful neighbors and some good friends in the area. (Since it looks like we will have to move, though, we're hoping God will lead us somewhere just a bit warmer! It seems like summer went way too fast again this year!)

The Move is Scheduled No Matter What

Here's the latest in the ongoing saga of the Spahr's move (from my latest e-mail to the Journey North Church family):

Thanks again to so many who have been praying for us and those who have expressed interest in helping us move. As you know the closing date keeps moving. Currently we are planning to close on Thursday morning and begin moving at noon. If you’d like to help, come on by at noon or any time after that (hopefully we’ll be all done by supper time and we have people planning food for all the helpers!) We need to be out before the new renters move in where we currently live (they’ll be doing that later Thursday night and on Friday!)

Please pray that the closing takes place by Thursday morning as we have to be out that day (and I know nobody wants to help us move twice!) One way or another we’re moving Thursday afternoon – pray that it’s to the new house.

Thanks for your prayers and support!

Still Waiting to Move

I just sent this letter to the Journey North Church family:

I regret to say that we will not be moving on Tuesday of this week. Hopefully we can move on Wednesday night. Our loan is not yet cleared to close and the seller is unwilling to let us move in until we actually close. I will let you know more tomorrow as I hear anything.

Please pray that our loan would be able to close on Wednesday or that the seller would reconsider and allow us to more in on Wednesday, regardless. We have to be out so that the next renters can move into our place here on Elm Circle.

Thanks to those who were/are planning to help. Everyone can help by praying! Thanks.