A little background information.....
We were renting our wee apartment and in November 2016 the apartment (actually the house with 4 apartments in it) was sold to new owners. At first they were fine and we thought nothing would change, however around February 2017 they started to talk about putting the house rent up, taking away our rights to use the garage as well as my wee art studio space. They talked about making an apartment in that area so they could make more money. (We totally got that - they were business people but we were just wondering when they would do it and how much they would put our house rent up. However they didn´t seem in a rush so we decided to just wait and see what would happen)
Well way back Easter 2017 Kristian and I were out on one of our roadtrips. We were driving around in one of our favourite areas and we saw this lovely country farmhouse for sale. We thought it looked absolutely lovely. As we passed the place we saw that there was an Open House arrangement and so we decided we would just go in and check out the house, just for a laugh. We would pretend we were interested. (We actually didn´t think we could afford this type of house. It was all just for fun)
So we pulled into the driveway and went in to have a look. The first 30 seconds in that house did something to Kristian and me - we fell in love!!! It was rather funny, because after we had seen the whole place we both came out and just sat in the car. We looked a little dazed as we asked each other "what happened in there??" We soooo wanted to buy that house and we didn´t even know if we could afford it, (we needed to talk to a bank!!!)
Views from the back of the house
So we started to save for our deposit for the house. In November 2017 the house was still for sale and we were getting closer to our goal. In about 6 months we should have the deposit. We decided to get my brother-in-law out to look at it. He is a carpenter and builder so he knows about houses. He would check out the place and see if it was worth us buying it, then we would know if we should really go after this house. So he came and checked it out and thought it was a good house.
Ok, so this is where my life started to get rather emotional!! Up until now it was just a dream but now that my brother in law had said it was a good house, it actually might become a reality. I started to get scared. This could get serious and we could buy our first home!!! Were we doing the right thing? Could we really afford it ? Were we crazy taking on a mortgage at our age? I needed to see what God said about it all. I needed His guidance.
One morning before going to work I was praying about all this and then I thought "God are you really interested in us getting a house? It´s all a bit silly when there are bigger things in the world to worry about." I then opened my morning reading and it was from Psalm 37 v 23 in NLT "The Lord directs the steps of the godly, He delights in every detail of their lives." It was like God had just answered my question. He delighted in these details of my life.
A few days later I was up at the beach. I sometimes go to the beach when I want to get alone with God. I had planned a whole day just me, God and my Bible. (Oh and a delicious sandwich!)
Well after I had been praying about that for a long while I decided to read my Bible. I thought about the verse I had read from Psalm 37 a few days before, about God delighting in every detail of our life. I just thought that I would read the whole Psalm.
Well as I read through the Psalm so many things spoke to me. Like v7 Be still and wait patiently for the Lord to act. (mmhh I was worrying, wondering, trying to figure out everything. Reading this calmed me inside.) Then I read v.9 which really jumped out at me...." ...but those who trust in the Lord will possess the land." I had just been praying if we should own a piece of land. It was like God answered me. I felt a peace come over me.
If this was to be ours God would work it out.
By April 2018 we had nearly saved all the money for the deposit. The house we had seen was still for sale but we decided that maybe it was wise for us to check out other houses just to see what was out there. That´s what we did. But we didn´t find any that beat the one that we were in love with.
In between checking out houses we had some friends come and visit from Ireland. We had a wonderful few days with them.
Then in May I had a birthday. Kristian had arranged a night away. He had packed a picnic and took me on one of our beloved roadtrips
He had booked an overnight stay at a lovely wee hotel in the south of Denmark.
After some good food and a good nights sleep we were on the road again and out exploring Denmark.
