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Property Hunting

Les told us the other day that he thinks "property hunting" has become our hobby. He might be right. It is true that in the last couple of years, we have looked at a number of properties and houses for sale close to the town of Minsk. So far, none of them have materialized.

We sense a great need for something to change. We have been living on this small lot in town now for five years. While the house itself is quite adequate, we feel that we need more space for our growing family. So we continue to look and pray. We want our property to be God's property and we only want to purchase something that we feel that God is blessing. And nothing has fallen into place yet.

About one month ago, John's student told us about a property for sale about two miles from Minsk in a small village. We arranged with the owner to go look at it. There are a lot of positive things about it that would have been negatives of the other places we've looked at in the past. The city water and electric are there ready to hook up to. (A big plus!!!) The two-acre piece is wooded with a small A-frame cabin (another plus!!! A perfect home for the VS boys that are now living with us). The land slopes down to an open area that has a garden plot and a pond (of course the boys think that is a big plus!!! They informed me that they were sure there would be enough space for playing ice hockey), and along the back of the property flows a small creek. It really is a beautiful piece of land. The negative is that there is no house and we would have to build. But it seems like it could be a possibility. There are close neighbors but you would be more nestled back in the trees and you wouldn't think about it like some places we've looked at.

And the best thing is that what we are willing to pay and what the owner wants for it is only five thousand dollars difference. So, we are seriously interested. The owners want us to make up our minds soon because there are other parties interested. But, we are waiting for a couple of problems to be resolved related to the deed before we make a decision. We would like you to pray with us about this so that we can feel clearly either way the direction of our Heavenly Father. Thanks for your prayers and care!

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