Houses and Lands

God continues to bring things together for our move to Defiance.  Last week we closed on our new home in Defiance.   It's a ranch on a basement on an acre and a half, and also has a nice pond with it.  We can't say it was our favorite house, but our favorites the Lord would check Don or it would get sold out from under us.  But, this one is a little unexciting and is a foreclosure, and the Lord is saying yes.  We have already started cleaning and painting.  The former owners were cat lovers...but not very good cat caretakers.  Need I say more??  We have torn out all the carpet in the house and had windows open today to air it out.  Already, after working there twice, we are starting to fall in love with it.  Now, that is amazing considering our attitude before!  The Lord knows.
On the same day that we closed on the new house, we had an accepted counteroffer on our home in New Haven!  So, assuming the inspection goes well next week, this house is sold too!  Thank-you to all who prayed for our housing situation!
Those are our 'houses' and their stories.
As for 'lands',  Don and I are excited and blessed to be able to go to Ireland this Tuesday to visit Jordan's sweet family for a week!  Naomi's new baby won't be born for a couple months, but we have a looooooot of catching up to do with Nathanael as I haven't seen him in person since he was a month old, and Don hasn't seen him in person at all!  He is almost a year and a half.
So, yes, God is providing houses and lands for us.  It is an adventure - that's for sure.  I keep pinching myself to see if we really are moving by faith to Defiance, OH....and if we really do have family in Ireland that we just HAVE to see every once in awhile.  Amazing.  And the story isn't over yet.