The realtor we had been working with went with my partner most weeks to scope out houses that I would send his way but the reality was that we needed to find an apartment and fast, so our realtor reached out to the apartment rental person in his office to try and find us a place to go.
Like I said we were having a real problem trying to find a place up there, because ski season had not ended yet but was going to mid-April, however that is when we needed to be out of our house by! It was becoming too close to call.
I checked every week, every day to find something and when I saw something I would contact my partner immediately to go check it out. Meanwhile I, my mom, and my sister were just praying for an apartment to pop up. It was hard to believe that after all this effort, that we would be homeless and not have a place to live. I knew deep down though that God would just not allow that to happen. My mom told me that there are angels who make things happen and open up opportunities that God has sent them to do. That the apartment we were seeking would happen, but it may just happen a week before we moved and we had to be patient.
Patience, is something I struggle with. I am constantly taking action, even when it is not time, just to get it to happen but the truth is I need to learn patience. That, I believe, is what God was teaching me in this moment. This was so challenging because my family's future depended on it. I thought however about what my sister and mom were saying: "God wouldn't bring you this far without providing a place for you to live." I prayed and waited.
That weekend my partner called me and told me that our realtor was going to be taking him to see 2 possible rental opportunities. The first one was a 2 floor apartment, 2-3 bedroom, 2 bathroom in the town I was hoping to find a rental in. At first I was so happy, this is it! Then he told me the price $1200/month, this was our mortgage payment now, why would we live in a place with the exact same price due per month as our current living situation we were trying to get out of? The apartment only included trash pickup, and water, we were responsible for heat, hot water, Internet and electricity. All I could think about were the bills. We hadn't closed on the house yet, so I was just unsure on the payout and how much we would have left but we didn't want to touch that money anyways, it was our down payment funding. It turned out the apartment, although seemingly seemed like it was for us, just didn't seem like it would be a good fit. The top floor bedroom had a nook in it that we would have to make our daughter's room and separate with a curtain, not an ideal situation. The downstairs area had a small bedroom that looked more like a closet, that would have been our son's room, again not ideal for him to be that far from his family. The apartment also had no tub, which normally would be ok for us but not for the kids, they are terrified of showers, so that wasn't ideal either. The apartment also was on a main road and had no yard, this of course turned me off. What would we do in the winter with no yard, if we for some reason had not found our house yet? It didn't seem like the right fit for our family but we kept the apartment application just in case it was our only option - cause again, not many options at this time.
Like I said we were having a real problem trying to find a place up there, because ski season had not ended yet but was going to mid-April, however that is when we needed to be out of our house by! It was becoming too close to call.
I checked every week, every day to find something and when I saw something I would contact my partner immediately to go check it out. Meanwhile I, my mom, and my sister were just praying for an apartment to pop up. It was hard to believe that after all this effort, that we would be homeless and not have a place to live. I knew deep down though that God would just not allow that to happen. My mom told me that there are angels who make things happen and open up opportunities that God has sent them to do. That the apartment we were seeking would happen, but it may just happen a week before we moved and we had to be patient.
Patience, is something I struggle with. I am constantly taking action, even when it is not time, just to get it to happen but the truth is I need to learn patience. That, I believe, is what God was teaching me in this moment. This was so challenging because my family's future depended on it. I thought however about what my sister and mom were saying: "God wouldn't bring you this far without providing a place for you to live." I prayed and waited.
That weekend my partner called me and told me that our realtor was going to be taking him to see 2 possible rental opportunities. The first one was a 2 floor apartment, 2-3 bedroom, 2 bathroom in the town I was hoping to find a rental in. At first I was so happy, this is it! Then he told me the price $1200/month, this was our mortgage payment now, why would we live in a place with the exact same price due per month as our current living situation we were trying to get out of? The apartment only included trash pickup, and water, we were responsible for heat, hot water, Internet and electricity. All I could think about were the bills. We hadn't closed on the house yet, so I was just unsure on the payout and how much we would have left but we didn't want to touch that money anyways, it was our down payment funding. It turned out the apartment, although seemingly seemed like it was for us, just didn't seem like it would be a good fit. The top floor bedroom had a nook in it that we would have to make our daughter's room and separate with a curtain, not an ideal situation. The downstairs area had a small bedroom that looked more like a closet, that would have been our son's room, again not ideal for him to be that far from his family. The apartment also had no tub, which normally would be ok for us but not for the kids, they are terrified of showers, so that wasn't ideal either. The apartment also was on a main road and had no yard, this of course turned me off. What would we do in the winter with no yard, if we for some reason had not found our house yet? It didn't seem like the right fit for our family but we kept the apartment application just in case it was our only option - cause again, not many options at this time.
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