A Month In

Wow has it already been 1 month since we left Canada?  It sure hasn't felt like it, probably because we still do not know the language and everything is still surreal to me.  Maybe I state this every post, but I am still in awe that God has called us overseas and opened the doors to get here.  I don’t know if I should or will ever lose that feeling or at least the amazement that God is ultimately in control and not that we need to sit back and enjoy the ride, but be living in His presence and keeping in tune with Him.

So, those of you who know, and those who don’t as well, I am a photography nut.  I love taking photos and as I was having a photo session with Jolen, we received an auspicious email, well kind of, it was more like one of those things you look back on and say, “Wow God, you were in control.”  Anyways, I will use some of the  pictures with Jolen to tell my story.

It all starts with the week we were leaving for Kiev.  Our house conditionally sold. Right before we left

The condition date for the sale to close was June 24 and that day came and went without any word

So, we signed an extension and then waited, but, rain came to southern Alberta and the process got stalled because all business down south stopped because of all the flooding

So we waited, and waited and waited.

Then, we got surprise email from our Realtor that the documents we had signed to sell our house were missing a zero on the price.  So instead of selling our house in the hundreds of thousands bracket, we sold our house for tens of thousands!

So, with us in Kiev and our house back in Bow Island, we were looking at quite a big deficit!

However, because everything was taking so long, we were able to correct the price

So, As we look to the future,

we know God is in command, our dates for possession have changed and hopefully the deal will close by the end of the month, but God only knows and we pray for Him to be glorified!  And keep smiling as we truck on in this life!

P.S.  Apparently clothes pins are not only good for hanging up clothes, they can work as hair berets too!