Trying to stay calm ... not that easy!!!!!!!

Wow! Between the last blog entry and this one so much has happened!!  I have been super busy at home.  For a variety of reasons and with a miriad of logistic craziness, I have swapped out fridge and stove, cleaned out the basement and a lot of the garage, cleaned out my bathroom from an extra rack, patched a wall, bought mums for the front of the house, had the bushes trimmed and even had one dead bush removed ... as if that isn't enough, many small things too.  The Lord has helped me with time management and also sending physical help when I have needed it.  Thanks to all of you who have been helped, you have been a huge blessing!!!!  Below is the photo of the listing.

I am having more action on my house than I had before!  My realtor even told me that of all her listings, mine is the one that is getting the most calls!!!! 

The house went on the market last Thursday (yes, only 1 week ago).  I had 1 showing last Friday and 1 on Saturday.  I had 3 showings on Tuesday and I have 2 more Thursday (today) along with a "broker's caravan" preview where all the brokers from the firm visit a series of houses they mutually are listing so that they know what options are available for their customers within the firm.  One couple that came last Friday seemed interested and their realtor called back saying that they might put in an offer. 

Today, I got a call from my realtor after our first showing this morning.  It was a very interesting showing to put it mildly!!!!  The couple called my realtor yesterday asking to see the house.  They are believers and introduced themselves as Christians outright on the call.  They said they weren't planning on moving right now, but felt the Lord directed them to my house.  They have a house to sell and they don't have it on the market (normally not a good sign).  They came this morning to see the house and they loved it!  They loved my realtor so much (even over the phone) that they also brought with them the papers for their house so that my realtor would be able to review them and work with them to list their house.  They are getting together on Saturday to draft an offer for mine and list theirs!!!  As they looked at the house, they looked at the book shelves and commented that we have the same books!!!!  When my realtor told them that I was selling because I wanted to go into the mission field, the wife pretty much got teary eyed!!!

I am trying not to count my eggs before they are hatched or assume I know what God is doing ... but I am quite excited about the possibilities.  I am still praying intently about this and I am hoping and waiting on the Lord.  Of course, this waiting is not an inactive waiting ... I am busy beyond words!!!

As if that is not enough, things at work have been crazy, so my sleep has been compromised and, now with the season change, I am struggling with allergy induced asthma and potentially the beginning of a cold.  I am praying that it doesn't get worse.

As I go through all of this, I contemplate with excitement the commitment and possibilities.  There is no turning back, there is no looking back.  I am certainly waaaay past the point of no return.  Do I want to turn back?  No!!!!!  Do I get a bit scared when I think if the magnitude?  Of course!  I recently read the quote below and it is so deep and rich with meaning that it is resonating within me.

A missionary is someone who is bound by marriage

to the stated mission and purpose of his Lord and Master.

-Oswald Chambers