Get On Your Knees and Fight Like a Man

To preface this post, I am completely delirious, which explains the ripped off title from Petra's long lost worst rock ballad of all time. My daughter was up from 9:00pm until 6:30am this morning, crying her brains out for one reason or another. I blame big prescription companies for that... as well as her third course of antibiotics to treat the same ear infection she's had for the last couple of months now. Most likely her tummy was outraged at the new meds. It just always feels better to blame prescription companies for almost anything, so that's what I do.

Oddly enough, I'm writing to give ya'll an update and prayer request for the latest situation with our house. Lots of ups and downs have happened since the last time I posted, but I'll spare you all of those. The short of it is that we are very close to getting pre-approved for the loan. I say that with no exclamation point because it seems as though each time we get excited about the good news, there's always something that overrides it, driving us to our knees. We're learning sobriety in our asking these days.

Our current prayer need is for everything to clear in regard to our income. We received the call from our lender just tonight that our credit, down payment, and income is approved for the loan. The last hurdle is that all of the information we have given the lender has to be researched and verified as true on all accounts. Of course we were honest and we told the lender all the numbers of what we make each month and year, but now he just has to go over all of the bank statements and W-2's to confirm. The only fly in the ointment is that we have had several supporters unable to send money for the last couple of months, which probably doesn't look so good. We are hoping this does not cause any problems since the has all the information confirming annual income.

Again, the short of it is that we just need favor for everything to look perfect. IF in fact we have no problem areas on the documents we submitted, we will be pre-approved for $127,000 with a down payment of $20,000, which adds up exactly to the listed price of the house we want. All of that to say, we could be placing an offer on our house in the next day or two, depending on how long it takes to review our income. We're excited and terrified all at the same time, because if the lender doesn't see the numbers adding up the way he wants, it will all be negated.

The moral of the story? PLEASE PRAY! We just found out two days ago that our current house will be put on the market on May 5th, and though it probably won't sell very fast, we need to get out of this house asap. Not only is it no longer healthy to be living here with mold and dust, but ATC crunch time has started, and we're asking you to agree with us in prayer that we would be able to get into the new house before June (yes, I'm aware of the fact that this would be a miracle). Once the summer hits, Zack will have no time to do any moving, and I will have very little time as well.

"Oooooh-OH we're half way there! Oooooh-OH livin' on a PRAYER!"

ha ha ha- Bon Jovi is now stuck in your head.

Soli deo gloria.