The time has finally come! As of June 29, 2010 Jason and I are offically homeowners! The journey has been a long one full of frustration, confusion, disappointment, excitement, thankfulness, and above all, faith in our almighty God.
Nothing throughout the entire process of moving to Orlando and finding a home went according to our “plans”. Jason and I began the house hunting process in September and after looking at approximately 40 homes… number 39 was “the one”! We placed our offer, it was accepted, and the wait began. We began to plan and dream of how we would eventually raise a family in the wonderful home we thought of as our own. One month turned into two and then into three. Seven months later we still had not heard anything back on the home and our deadline for the First Time Homeowners tax credit was nearing an end. With heavy hearts we decided to begin the house hunting process once again.
Our wonderful friends and real estate agents Granny and Papa had the perfect house picked out for us. We pulled into a neighborhood and up to a model home. Immediately Jason was thinking “there is no way we are going to build”! Little did we know, that is exactly what we would end up doing! Three hours later we had signed papers and were on our way to owning our first home!
Everything about our experience with Centerline Homes has been absolutely wonderful. We could have never in a million years guessed the outcome of our situation which is why we must let go of the things we want so desperately to cling to and lay them down before the Lord. Nothing is a surprise for Him. Our God is good and loving and even when our trials feel trivial to us we must remember that NOTHING is too small, nor too large for our Heavenly Father.
Here are some pictures of the building process!
The final picture will be posted soon!
