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*PRAYER REQUEST* 

I haven't posted lately on here about our home searching adventures, although I have updated a bit on facebook. If you follow me here, but not there - I'll bring you up to speed a little bit.

We had a list of 3 homes that we loved based on their listings and driving through the neighborhoods that they were in. That list of 3 quickly dropped to 1 after our realtor told us some things about 2 of them. So, we took off a couple weeks ago to go see this one home. It was at a decent price range, a spot we were comfortable at but not so cheap that we were afraid to walk through it, until we opened the door........I have no clue why pictures and listings aren't just honest. You know people are going to come see the house and are going to see the condition of it. Some people might want a fixer upper, some people might not - just come out and say it/show it so you don't waste people's time. Okay, I'm done now. Anyways....there was water damage under the floor and mold on the ceiling. Plus it was way smaller than we had envisioned and well, we walked out as quickly as we walked in. 

While we were there, actually before we even went in, our realtor told us that she had just sent a listing our way of a new development that was being built. Brand new homes. BRAND NEW. Their price is right at our cap, but the details seem pretty incredible. Not only are the homes brand new, but there is a 1-year warranty on EVERYTHING (no matter how big or small), there is a 5 year warranty on appliances and a 10 year warranty on the structure. They are offering $5,000 off of the listing price and $3,000 towards closing costs. I mean.....I don't even know what to say. 

So, our realtor told us to go drive over there, check out the area, see if it would be something we are interested in. And of course, it's beautiful! We are headed there tomorrow to meet with our realtor and the listing agent to get all the fine details, read the fine print, do a walk through and find out if this is really too good to be true! These houses are going fast, in fact, the one that our realtor sent us to look at was already sold by the time we got there, so she has advised us to bring a check with us tomorrow and we will most likely have to wait 5 months for them to build ours. PLEASE, PLEASE pray for us! We have a babysitter lined up so that I can hopefully think straight during the meeting without Seth needing me. I am already scared. Buying a house is a big deal. I mean, a BIG deal. I don't go to the store without a strict budget and if I'm trying to buy something for myself you can forget it - it ends up put back on the shelf before I get anywhere near the register. This is a house. Basically a lifelong commitment to a very large amount of money. I can't just decide in 6 months that I don't really like it anymore. 

Jeremy is practically skipping through the daisies. He has complete peace about it and is ready to sign where needed. I...........have no idea. I told him last night, I don't know if I'll ever be able to just jump on board with both feet, not having ANY hesitations. No matter what the price is or where the location is, I think I'm just going to be scared! 

I'm praying that God will give ME peace and that He will lead Jeremy to make the right decision for us. 

EEK!