I would love to share how the Lord has blessed us ...at the pinnacle of discouragement when Harry lost his job and we found out we had to vacate our house within approximately 5 weeks when I was ready to give up, a client of mine showed up at our door and gave us a quarter of beef to put in our freezer. It was as if God was telling us, "I know things look out of control, but I will provide!" Harry found a prospective job but he had to add hazmat and tanker to his CDL license which he had no problem passing. He also had to wait on a background check for clearance to haul hazardous materials which we are still waiting for, however, the Lord has provided and I know He will provide in that area as well.
The following week we were looking for a place to live without success when we were told to call a local landlord to see if he had anything open. He had a small ranch style home which had not been advertised that we made an appointment to see the following day (Tuesday). The house is 1 block from Devan's school and 3 blocks from Brianna's school. Tuesday morning we had to go pick up our beef expecting to have to pay processing for the meat only to find out even that was paid for! 100 pounds of meat to put in our freezer free of charge. Harry had an IRA from his job that he thought had around $2000.00 in and called to see about getting some to help with moving expenses. The agent said he could but would be penalized 25% for withdrawing the money. He told them to take out $1000.00 and we would have $750.00 to help us move because we really did not have any choice. We went to see the house and liked it. We were completely honest about our situation with the landlord and he was very understanding and offered to give us the rest of November to paint and get ready to move, free of charge and then have our rent actually begin on Dec 1st. He also agreed to let us have our 2 dogs and cat which was very important to our girls and had been a roadblock. We left and told him we would call him later in the day. We did like the house but was not sure if we would have enough to pay the deposit and first months rent because we only had $1000.00 put back and needed $1250.00. We came home trying to figure out how to work out the extra money needed for our 1st months rent and deposit. We had $1000.00 cash at home and I know it was exactly $1000.00 because I had counted it twice the day before. Harry went to get the money and came back out with $1200.00...no I did not miscount! We had the extra $50.00 in our checking account...another blessing. About a half hour later the agent from the IRA called to tell us we could get $1000.00 penalty free because of our situation and that he had $5000.00 in there rather than the $2000.00 he thought he had! The church offered to pay our utility deposits for our new house. We went back to Napoleon and paid the deposit and signed the lease for the house...needless to say! Later the same day we found out the mortgage company would give us relocation money because we would willingly vacate the property without them having to go to court to evict us by December 12th and remove all of our belongings rather than leave stuff on the property...another HUGE blessing! YES, THIS ALL HAPPENED IN THE SAME DAY!
There have been other blessings as well. We found a mistinted 5 gallon bucket of paint at Lowe's that was the exact color we needed that was originally $105.00 marked down to $25.00. We found a family that had lost their home in a fire and was able to give them a bunch of things we needed to get rid of anyway. There are others also but they are not coming to mind right now. We are blessed daily and praising God for His goodness! Thank you for your prayers!
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