We bought a house today!

We have been fasting and praying quite a lot about job security and whether to buy a house in Omaha or not. With this last fast (Tues-Wed), I felt prompted to tell Danny to take a look at the house we had both sort of agreed on, and he visited the house during his lunch hour yesterday and felt red flags all over the place for a variety of reasons. So we took that as a sign from above that we should NOT buy that house, and we shuddered to think we were close to signing for it simply because we knew it was time to bite the bullet and buy.

I was on the phone with him right after he left the housing development to head back to work, and I asked if he had time to look at a couple of houses in a different newly developed subdivision closer to Offutt AFB (I had a current list of new homes available from Celebrity Homes, but I'm in Colorado).  He did visit that subdivision and saw the houses I had on the list, and when he saw this particular one, he told me he really liked it and felt drawn to it. He took a picture for me, and we both studied the floor plan and other particulars and tried to remember what this style model home looked like inside by watching the virtual tour (see link), and I extended my fast to get some spiritual guidance.


Well, we bought that home today. It's been quite a day, with a LOT of email communication back and forth between our Celebrity Homes rep (who we worked with last summer and reconnected with this winter) and Danny and me. We'd already previously completed two estimate worksheets with her, listing the options we'd like to have and determining total cost of a few homes along with mortgage payments, taxes, insurance, closing costs, etc.  By 5:30pm, Danny had brought her the earnest money we needed and then signed the initial paperwork stating that this was now officially off the market and promised to us!

We both feel REALLY good about making this house our new home. We've looked at maybe 25 or 30 existing homes and model homes, and none of them felt exactly right like this one does. Next week we'll pick out wood flooring, carpeting + pad, ceramic tile, paint color, backsplash tile, granite or quartz countertops, vanity tops, etc. What fun! We've never done this before... and it'll be SOOO nice to have our own home again after a YEAR of being displaced!

We know the Lord's hand was in this process. We felt Him especially close to us yesterday and today while finding and considering this home, and my temple visit this evening confirmed it. I'm grateful for the Spirit of God which directs us in all things!