115 Chisholm Place

This will soon be our HOME! It has been an incredible ride. We have been searching for houses since arriving, and we saw this house appear on the market Saturday. We had plans to go see a couple homes on Sunday after church with our realtor, and we asked if we could add this one. We met at another house that we were seriously considering, walking distance to one of Michael's schools, and then decided to stop by this one. As soon as we saw it we were drawn to it, especially because of its location - the yard backs up to a beautiful park, complete with a small playground and waterpark! We were the first ones to see it, and as we walked around inside, we just kept "wowing." There are three bedrooms, two full bathrooms, a living room, dining room, lovely kitchen, a porch, a deck, and an attic for storage. It's smaller than anything else we were looking at, but the layout and location make it just perfect for what we need.

Now here's the crazy part...while we were there, one of the owners came in the house just to grab something for her baby and we got to hear about how great the neighborhood is and how much they love the house. They were the first owners. Then we realized we had a few things in common - they are members of Trinity Presbyterian, our new church, they are teachers, and they have two kids. We got to share a little about just moving from Peru as missionaries with MTW. Then she left, and we discussed with the realtor how we might go about making a bid on the house. We wandered to the park to talk it over and let Noah try out the playground. As we walked back to the car, we saw another realtor with some folks also looking at the house.

We prayed and talked, and decided to make a bid. Late that evening our realtor came by with a contract written because the other people were also writing a contract on it. It was submitted the next day, and on Monday evening we found out our bid was accepted! Apparently our bids were very close, but ours was a little bit higher, which the owners said was good, because they wanted to sell it to us!

Just tonight we were at that park for a playdate with the Ryans, and the owner and her son passed by the playground on their way to the Wednesday afternoon farmer's market (also at the park, woohoo!). She saw us and stopped briefly to tell us that she is quite familiar with Mission to the World as she grew up in an MTW family. They had been praying that this house would bless another family as it has blessed their own.

To make a long story (somewhat) short, we are in complete awe of God's good and sovereign hand over every detail of our lives, so clearly and perfectly demonstrated over these past two months since we've returned from Peru.

Our closing date is September 29th. Beginning September 30th, our address will be:

115 Chisholm Place

Charlottesville, VA 22902