SOLD!

"I think we prayed these buyers into existence."

That's what our realtor said right before she told me their offer...which was...(drum roll please)....our ASKING PRICE! Can I get a "Woo Hoo!"? (Okay, so our asking price was down to $8,000 less than what we owe on our mortgage, but we're not dwelling on that. We're still excited!)

I seriously see God's hand all over this deal. We had the second showing for the young couple on last Wednesday. They liked it a lot and after they left my neighbor, Ingrid, knocked on our door. She said she had a friend who she's been talking to about our place for months, and the friend happened to be over. She wondered if she could come look at it. I said sure, it was all cleaned up from the first showing that day.

The lady really liked it, but I thought no way would she be seriously interested. She's getting a divorce and still has a house that I thought would have to sell before she could buy something.

But then our realtor called and the lady wanted to see our place again with her husband (weird, since they're getting a divorce). Ingrid said the divorce is amicable and the husband is going to help her get on her feet for their separation.

Friday morning we got a very low offer from the young couple. Bittersweet. Then the divorcing couple came to see it at noon. They wanted to offer $500 more than whatever the other people offered, but our realtor told them she couldn't tell them what the other offer was. So they said they'd meet her at her office with their best offer at 1:00.

By 2:00, Maggie called me to say these buyers had dropped out of heaven and that we prayed them into existence. They were offering asking price in cash--no contingencies. We close on August 31! We're buying Ingrid a nice gift!

We are so shocked. After so many months, we were cynical and bitter, but as soon as nothing could sell this place but God, He did. Thank you so much for praying, everybody. You truly made the difference.

We've been driving around looking at properties. We went to one open house so far, we're going to see a place today, and tomorrow I'm going to see a whole bunch. I can't WAIT to move!