The farm we looked at yesterday is just what we hoped for. House is set up great for us and also has a huge green house with a planted orchard, including probably a hundred strawberry plants, huge raspberry bushes, grapes, etc... It also has a planted alfalfa field for hay, lots more pasture then we have now, woods for timber harvesting and a generally beautiful setting on top of a small mountain. It also has a chicken house, underground 2 room root cellar, large pantry/keeping room, large insulated, heated workshop - again, everything we wanted in a farm is here. It does have finish work to be done (siding, some walls to finish, etc...) but we had wanted to learn to do some of that work anyway. We have to wait a week or so to put an offer in until what looks to be the purchase to own of our house in AL to be firmed up. God has been testing our faith to see if we will worry and fret or just wait on Him and His timing. Since I want to plan everything out so much this is especially hard for me, but we have seen God work out so many amazing things in this move/potential retirement situation that I should be like Abraham and just know that God will provide.
We still appreciate prayers for Steve's retirement to go through and for a new job to open up. We have some good possibilities and the even better possibility of the job he wants to take being available a year from this Fall.
Today is Ricky's 18th birthday so we will celebrate with him and this milestone in his life.
Have a great Saturday!!
Praying for you, my friend!
ReplyDeleteI am so thankful to have farmer friends. I learn so much from them!
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Your friend in the big city.