We've decided to move at the end of June. That's about all we know for sure right now. We've been praying for several months for guidance and direction on this matter and we feel that we are suppose to move back to Michigan. We don't really know why. Charlie felt prompted to turn in his letter of resignation about a week ago. Even though he doesn't yet have a job, or has even had an interview, he feels very strongly that we are suppose to be in Michigan no matter what. With knowing that, we decided that it makes no sense for us to stay here until he has a job. We will just have to keep paying rent and he will have to go back to Michigan every time an interview comes up. That could get really expensive. So our plan right now is to see if we can stay at some friends of ours. They moved to North Caroline just after spring break and haven't sold their house yet in Michigan. We are going to see if they will let us stay there until we find something more permenant.
We have a house in mind that we'd like to try to buy. It is in the Flint ward. Yes, we are returning there, but we won't be living in the city. It is a foreclosure and needs major work. We would basically gut the whole inside and start over. It sounds like a lot of work, but it will actually be easier to do it that way than to try to save what is there now. It's a four bedroom, 2 bath house on 2.79 acres and is listed at $18,900. We think we could probably get it cheaper though. We want to smack a reconstruction loan on top of our mortgage and use that to fix it up. We are working with a realtor from the Howell ward and she is very knowledgable with the housing market and loans, etc... She is really helping us out and we appreciate it.
We started telling people at church on Sunday that we'd be leaving. We feel like they need to have some time to find people to take over our callings before we leave. I'm sad to be moving again. Although I don't really feel like I have many good friends in this ward, I do have a few that I will miss very much. This ward was very kind to us and the people here are very good. I want to come back a visit as often as we can. I hope to stay in touch with them too.
So, we don't know what is in store for us. We are just trying to do what we feel the Lord wants us to do. This is new territory for me. I usually have some idea of what the Lord wants. Now, I don't really know. It's kind of interesting operating in the dark and having everyone look at you like you are insane. I feel a little insane, but I'd much rather be insane than to go against the will of God. He will provide for us in some way. It just might not be the way I am expecting. Sometimes I wish I could see from His perspective.
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I'm so excited that you are coming back! I know that life is pretty up in the air for you guys right now but having you guys close again will be great. We've missed you a ton since you moved.
The house sounds like quite a challenge. It's a good thing you guys are handy and hardworking.
Wow...your move sounds even more scary than ours and I'm pretty nervous. But doing what the Lord wants is always the best policy. I knew I was supposed to move to Provo instead of going back to Michigan and I didn't really know why or how it would all work out-but if I hadn't, I wouldn't have married Eric...so there you go. GOOD LUCK!
Oh wow, you have really strong faith. This hard sounds like it will be really difficult, but I'm sure it will be for the best. Has Charlie already been admitted into the master's program? Are you still planning on coming in two weeks if you'll just be coming back again in another two weeks?
Of course we're still coming. I miss you and Kari something fierce and am looking forward to seeing you a lot. I wouldn't miss it for some travel time and gas money.
Eric went online and found some pretty good houses in Flint that were just a little more than that house you would have to gut. Here is the website where we found the house we like: realtors.com. It might be worth taking a gander at-it's always fun to see what is out there.
Yeah, we look at realtor.com a lot. There are tons of houses for sale in the Flint area and many of them are super cheap. The trick is to know where they are and if it's a good part of town or not. The one we are looking at is actually north of the city, getting into a more rural area (as rural as you can get in Flint). It's a pretty good area, not the best, but much better than where our house was in the city. We also like it because of the size lot it has. We want our kids to have room to roam and we would like to have a garden. We are still looking though just in case an even better deal comes our way.
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