House update

Many of you on Facebook may have read that the owners of the house we rent were unable to pay off their mortgage and the bank is taking the house. At the time we posted on Facebook, we understood that we would have to be out of the house within weeks. However, we are still here! The process may take up to a year.

When we heard the news a few weeks ago, we casually searched for a new place to rent. Casually, because we know that God has it all in control! After a few days of searching and finding nothing but closed doors, we started to feel that God had something different in mind for us. Many friends who saw our update on Facebook encouraged us to buy a place, but we pushed that idea aside as it just seemed impossible unless God did something extraordinary. However, our desire was definitely to have a small, cozy place of our own. Then, some close friends shared that when they were praying for us, they got the word "promotion" and sensed that this meant "from renting to ownership"...WOW! So this is where we are now. We're excited for what God has in store for us, and in need of His guidance as to what steps to take next. We don't know if He will lead us to buy the place we're renting (from the bank), to buy a smaller place in a townhouse complex, or to buy some land and build on it. We also don't know when He will lead us to buy and are aware that it will be in His timing, not ours!

But for now, as we enjoy what may be our last days in our current place, here are some pictures of what we've been calling "home" for the last year, the first year of our life as parents :-)

Front view

Looking into our room/house from outside the bathroom

Eliyah's play area outside, our place on the right, and our bathroom and kitchen in the back of the picture

It was just one room until we moved in and Noom used this wood and some pictures to make a wall so it could be more like a house with a bedroom and living room!

Living room, bedroom on the right

The cleanest you can get with a toddler!

Outside the kitchen

The kitchen which I was VERY thankful to get (it used to be a bathroom and we knocked down the wall). Before we did this kitchen, we had to go over to the big house to wash dishes and cook.

Our place (taken from the big house)

Anyone ever wondered what a Thai style toilet looks like? This is our colourful bathroom :-)

Our place from outside. The big house (where we used to stay before DTS) is behind, on the same piece of land

So we don't know how much longer we'll be staying here, but we wanted to share pics with you all as we've grown quite attached to this place in the last year! We'll keep you all updated. Thank you for your prayers, God bless and MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all!!!