Unbelievable!

Our Sherwood home is taking a bit longer to close than we hoped. We are not sure when the USDA will fund the loan, and with all of us arriving from our drive from Colorado on Monday the 2nd, our living arrangements have had us a little stressed. We asked the current home owners to rent the house to us until the home closes, and they agreed to...for $100 a day. We can stay in a hotel for $98 a day, so we declined the offer. In the meantime, Chanel suggested we contact the bishop in our new ward to see if anyone in the ward might have a bedroom we could all stay in for a few days.

We just heard back from the bishop. He has an entire HOUSE we can stay in!

A member of the ward has a three bedroom home on his property that he is going to lease to the mission program. The missionaries will not move in until September 10, so we can stay there until the 9th! 

So amazing. Such a great example of an answer to a prayer and a demonstration of the Lord's love.

I will FINALLY be with my family again this Saturday. In less than 48 hours we'll be back together, just as we should be. We have all been through a lot these past 40 days and 40 nights. I think this experience has made our love stronger. We certainly will appreciate each other more now that we know what it is like to live apart. 

I wouldn't say it has been hard as in challenging. Chanel has fixed the washing machine and set the sprinkler system and done countless other things that I would have taken care of if I was there, and she's done so very well. I've kept myself safe and my belly fed and my laundry clean. It's just been hard to be apart from each other. Apart we are completely capable, but together we are all that, plus happy and chill.