It's nothing fancy , yet it fits our Haiku country dream almost to a "t".
Once we figured out that we would be leaving YWAM Honolulu my husband told me to put a small ad on craigslist. "Christian family of three looking for a two bedroom cottage in Haiku"
and by the next day we received an email.
I called the number and was greeted by a local older man on the phone,he informed me about the cottage and began asking questions about our family.
Somewhere in the middle of the conversation he asked what organization we worked with and I said Youth with a mission and he said "Oh YWAM! Do you know about the YWAM in Maui? We are their neighbors!"
WHAT?!
So he went on to say that we didn't need a credit check ,we didn't need any references .."Just send a picture of your family so we can see what you look like."
Within four days we had a place to live.
But then we decided that we should possibly think about staying on the island of Oahu.
So I called this couple and let them know that we had changed our minds and thank you very much.
After about two weeks of continual praying and processing to figure out what was the best for our family my husband came home and said "Why are we fighting to stay on this island? We need to go home to Maui."
So I placed our ad in the paper again and begin letting people know that yes we were coming back to Maui for sure.
On Labor Day I talked to my friend/mentor Ayn about the whole situation. I told her about the cottage and even a few concerns I had had about it. I thought maybe we had decided to stay on this island because it diverted us from the cottage...maybe the cottage wasn't for us ... And Then Ayn reminded me that we were leaving a YWAM base to go be salt and light to our neighbors. She said that maybe they needed us in their lives. She said it sounded like God had opened every door for a purpose .She then told me I should call them back and see if the cottage was still available. If This was the Lord opening a door then He would open it again and if not then He would close it again.
So I did just that.
When I called them they informed me that they had put their cottage on craigslist and had a few people coming to view it.
So I asked if I could get some friends to come and see the cottage, take some pictures for us ,and if we could be a part of that pool of people.
They said yes and so the next morning my friends Ashley and Josh went and saw the cottage, took photos ,called me back told me how much they loved the cottage and the older couple.
I called the couple excited about the cottage and before I could say anything else the wife told me they had a family come earlier and they really like this family and this family wanted to move into the cottage..
So as I was about to say okay thanks anyway
When the wife said " We told them we had to wait to hear from you first."
WHAT?!
So our friends gave them a deposit check for us and we move in at the end of the month.
This has been and still is one crazy ride! Please pray for us as we continue to seek The Lord about our future.
We have some very practical needs and I will be posting them in a few days..thank you for joining us in prayer in this time .
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