well we are settling into Preeceville and by that.... I mean we're on our 3rd house in as many weeks and that isn't an exaggeration by any means! Our first house was a 4 bdrm rental that was everything I had hoped for.. all appliances, jacuzzi, next to the school but on the playground side so my kids could run and play and i could watch over them.... it was all good!
Until..... first the truck fell through delaying our departure much to our annoyance and dismay. We dealt with it, got a second one for the 4th which was the Sunday but they called Saturday morning and said you have a truck and we beat it to get it home and just as it was half loaded, no joke here, we took the call IN the truck...the landlord tells us sorry you aren't here, the house sold and you can't move in now. We were stunned. GOD! This move has been scary enough and we sought confirmation in so many areas before taking this leap of faith and now suddenly here we sit with no house when we get there? Well I started to say to my husband... the time line. Look at the timeline! First the truck is delayed, but then it arrives this morning and it's paid for and too late to return it, plus it's half loaded already! We have to go anyway! We don't have a choice. Now.... lest you all think I'm the perfect woman of faith and never has down moments, let me say mine came later on during the 7 hr drive. My hubby agreed with me saying if EVER he knew it was God's will, this clinched it and so we continued loading, a bit worried and subdued, but also angry at the hinderance put in our way and determined to get beyond it all.
The drive was longer than anticipated because of Joshua locking his keys in the car and he only HAS one key! when we finally arrived at the Covills place in Preeceville, they put us up and the teens at the church. Sunday morning dawned with dirty clothing and not much hope of dressing us all for church except there were a few thngs that had happened like hanging Derk's suits near the edge of the moving truck so we could climb in and reach them. That also had proved handy when we needed a hanger to break into Josh's car where the lord had provided a cracked open window just big enough to insert the hanger in it and spend about 10 more minutes getting door unlocked.
Sunday we went to church in Preeceville and Yorkton where my husband preached both times. Then back to the Covill's place in Preeceville to wait and see what the Lord would do for us on a holiday Monday because we had no choice but to return the truck on Wednesday morning. The only thing we found after looking and calling everywhere was a house in Buchanan which was okay but small and far away from both locations we needed to be closer to, and the house of the cousin of the guy who sold the house on us. IT was a two bedroom and I warned my husband that this guy probably was just like his cousin! I was terrified to take it after hearing the landlady who was very nice and generous btw... telling Bro. Covill that her husband did not want a large family living in what would be their retirement home and even offered to move into this place so we could have their place!
So Tuesday I gave in after much prayer and discussion and said fine, we'll take it and I will make it work but mark my words..... and I was right!
I turned that place into a wonderful home. The living space was awesome and the bedrooms a nice size. The basement we turned into almost an apartment for our 4 older teens/preteens and they loved it! Then.... just two days shy of two weeks in, while we were travelling home and were about 8 minutes out, the landlord showed up and said we were to be out by the 30th and that we knew this and he had someone moving in on the 6th of Oct. All lies since we'd made an greement before we took the house that we could have it as long as was needed. We had a turkey dinner all cooked and just about ready to put on the table and we could hardly eat. My face went beet red so much so that Derk was alarmed and I could feel my stress level going through the roof! I finally ate later on after it subsided. We spent a night in frantic discussion and of course knowng we didn't have other options.... we were wondering what to do. We called a dear pastor friend who told us to stay put and so we felt better. The next day we decided to give the devil not one black eye, but how about three! We went to Preeceville service with a song on our lips and a fighting back spirit, then on to Yorkton and on to Regina where we surprised our oldest daughter when we showed up! We spent our last dollars going there, but we felt it was the way to thumb it to the circumstances and prove we were staying and trusting God.
Derk stayed home on Monday and we drove by the house we'd tried to rent the first time but was supposedly rented. Within a few hours we'd called all the way to BC, looked in house windows, called back, talked to landlady who shows house here, came and saw it and took it, had the landlady follow us home and gave her a check and then received a key from her a few minutes later! It was a done deal and we were set to move in anytime. We started packing and taking loads over that night, Derk left the next moring for Morris, and we got our friend to help us with her truck and moved in that weekend! It is a tiny house in some aspects...one tiny bathroom but it works.... basement is for storage only not a nice one, garage not a nice one either, but for storage and we have a nice carport all walled and screened in.
Upstairs are two sweet rooms that are divided boys and girls and although tight and not any heaters up there, they are actually hot right now so we're hoping they will stay warmer in the winter and we will use a heater.
Our room is on the main floor and is quite snug with our queen bed in it, but it will do. A large livig room and computer area, main floor laundry and a big back entrance room that we have set up as a school room and eating area for the 4 oldest. The counter space is as tiny as the other place but nicer I think. Appliances are newer and the walls all were redone after a guy who lived here filled them with holes! All in all, it is enough and I am content until we move wherever we can buy again and settle down for good.
This is where we're at right now.... hubby has one job already and getting an interview on Friday for one with his own company that is in Sturgis a 6 min drive away.... the other one, he already has is in Yorkton so it's up to us to decide which is more beneficial since Yorkton is where we are pastoring....
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