May 2014 will mark Kyle and I's second year living back home in Florida. I can't believe how fast time has flown. I've been working as a paralegal (never saw that one coming, but it's been great!) and Kyle has been thriving as the contemporary worship director at our church in downtown Clearwater. We love our hometown and spending time enjoying it's beauty and wonder! I will be honest that's it's kind of fun to say "we live where you vacation" (but seriously, if any of our friends ever want to vacation down here, you are certainly welcome)!! Since October we have been on the house hunt. It has been quite the journey with many emotional highs and lows, excitements and disappointments. We are currently under contract on a home. yay! And things were going smoothly until the appraisal which came in too low. Boo! We are in the throws of a reconsideration of value with our lender and are praying for a better result so that the sellers will be able to negotiate better with us. If not, the deal will likely fall through. :-(
I will certainly be sad if it doesn't work out, but one thing I've learned through this entire process is that God has gone and continues to go before us every step of the way, and we are on His journey laid out for us in this whole house hunting process. I know that if this house doesn't work out, it not only means He has something better in store, but it also means that He's giving us opportunity to learn how to trust Him better. And I find comfort and joy in that. I think that's a far greater prize to seize than the house itself.
Other than that, there's not too much else to report. (Actually, I'm sure there is but I'm distracted right now by old episodes of One Tree Hill on Netflix as I type this.)
