Almost forgot...the house we put an offer on fell through....

So, I forgot to update about the house. In September 2008, Todd and I felt that God was giving us a nudge to settle down here in Medford and stop renting. We've been waiting on the market for quite awhile now and a very nice home on our street went up for sale 8-10 months ago. We waited and waited and it eventually went to short sale. It looks exactly like the one we are in now, so we were happy with the floor plan and most of what we saw. Gradually, the price came down to where we liked it and we put an offer on it and waited 3 months for the bank to decide if they'd accept it or not. As far as we know, we were the only offer, so we were feeling good about it. Through much prayer, God began to give both Todd and I a serious peace about being content whether the deal went through or not. We have great Christian landlords that we rent from and so we are able to stay here for the time being....they have no plans to move back to Medford at the moment, so we are in a very good situation with little stress! whew! So, all to say, before we left for Idaho at Christmas time we got a phone call that the house and offer stuff could go through and be done in a week to 10 days, so we got all of our funds ready and we were ready to sign or fax anything we needed from Idaho. We never heard anything about it until New Year's Eve when we got a phone call that the bank countered with an amazingly RIDICULOUS OFFER and we immediately had our agent counter with our exact same offer. Needless to say, we heard back that the bank denied it and it will go BACK onto the market. So, nothing has changed. We continue to rely on the Lord for a house or more direction in what to do next. :) We will continue to look for this house and see if it goes back on the MLS and then depending on the price, we may make another offer. We'll just wait. We are content where we are at......I've had many people ask what the outcome was or where we stood with the house and I wanted to get an update on the blog! Thanks for holding us up in prayer!