Evicted Opportunity

About a week ago our cliftonite neighbors were evicted. It took two years for us to befriend them enough to say hi as we passed by and all of a sudden the landlord kicked them out. Almost instantly there was a for sale sign in the window. Lindsey saw the sign and the owner as she walked the dogs and told me to go talk to him. Begrudgingly I did. The guy who owns it turns out to be a home church pastor at NKU and got his start through some Navigators sharing their discipleship vision with him. Needless to say we hit it off right away. He showed me the house, told me stories of how he bought the home and lived there for 12 years. The house has good bones, but needs a cosmetic makeover. He said the house would go for $120k, but he'd give it to me for $80k!

The house has a great set up and would allow Lindsey and I to continue to minister in Cincinnati for another five years. It has a garage, off street parking, large kitchen, extra bedroom and even a fenced in yard for the dogs. We weren't actively searching for a home, but it seems God might be moving in our hearts to purchase this one. I called a loan officer about it and she informed that it's pretty much impossible for us to buy a house right now because we can't count a lot of the income we have coming in (we need two years worth of tax statements to count construction income and rental income). I am encouraged by her saying it is impossible because of what Mary exclaimed in Luke 1:37, "All things are possible with God." If this home is going to happen then it is going to be God getting it done.

If you would please pray for this whole thing, that would be sweet. On a practical level right now we are getting our current home appraised to see if we can't get a home equity loan. We'll see what happens!

We will keep you updated!