We Bought a House!

My hubby and I recently bought a little house up in Northern Ontario. It is a wee town on a lake and our place is only 2 houses from the water. What a blessing! We can hear the loons in the evening and my guys can be on the lake fishing in 5 minutes!

Our son moved up there this summer and while we don't have plans to move ourselves any time soon we do hope to retire there so when this house came up by surprise we prayed ALOT about it and felt we better buy it as it is exactly what we had been hoping for one day and things there are expected to become more expensive soon.We now have a place to stay while we are up there visiting our son, however that means that in order to have a house there and our current home here belts need to be tightened!

Praise the Lord He does not lead where He does not provide!

Our first issue was furniture. We had the dining room set added into the offer and we had a bed and a dresser for us already here. However we had no living room furniture and no spare bed. There was also the need for dishes, cutlery and all the other things a house needs.

I was on the lookout for an inexpensive used couch but everytime I found one it was already sold and truly we couldn't afford them anyway. My hubby assured me that if we waited we would get one in time. I do not do well with not knowing what will happen as I am a planner and list maker but I waited. Then I got a phone call from a wonderful and as it turns out incredibly generous lady from our church. She said she heard I was in need of a couch and she had recently sold her families cottage and one.

I was elated! We went over and were so thrilled  - the couch was exactly the right color and size and was like brand new!! She asked if we might need anything else and then offered us a lazy boy chair - also the right color and like new! By the time we left we had dishes, bowls, cutlery and even a small table just  like I hoped to find one day for up there. Then I found out that the people we bought the house from left us another recliner and my son gave us a spare bed he had ended up with.

God does provide! We ended up with all we needed and to spite our offers to pay for theses things they insisted they were a gift. God is so good!

Happy Monday!
Blessings,
Liisa