no, we are not prego.
but we DID find a cute corner of the Earth to rent for the next 2 years.
since arriving from Carnival weekend, we have been painting, cleaning, shopping for furniture, etc. fun, tiring, and long journey.
guys, we need to share a story with you about this house.
a couple of weeks before we left the US, one of Mark´s cousins invited us to work for him at the FARM PROGRESS SHOW in Decatur, Illionois. This thing is huge! there were over 150k ppl each day (4 day event) coming thru these fair grounds. The nutorious end of summer heat caused over 15 heat strokes the second day! it was a tad warm.
On our final day, as we were walking out of the show, we came accross a group of Brazilians.
There were 6 college aged guys who we helped find the exit. As we exchanged small talk, we realized that 3 of the guys lived with my cousin in a small Brazilian town during their undergrad!! Seriouly! I met my cousin´s roomates in Decatur, Ill.
There was also a guy named Andre that is getting his masters at Auburn who said he was from Itu. So we celebrated our connection as well.
This was in August.
Mid December we were told about this little home that was up for rent.
The minute we walked into the gates, we fell in love!
There is a huge front yard (in Brazilian standards) with 9 different kinds of fruit trees!, several of which you have never heard of. There is a large outside area for entertaining. The house itself is small, but very cozy. Just perfect.
So after a few visits with the owner, we decide that it is time to sit for an official proposal meeting. His children would be in town for Christmas, so we would meet on the 21st.
Mark and I rang the bell that morning, and waited for the gate to open. (Ok, this is shocking). So the gate opens... and Andre pops his head out... as we are all paralyzed for a couple of seconds... then he says "YOU GUYS??? HERE???"... and the 3 of us laughed out of astonishment for 5 minutes. Then we walked into the home like old friends and closed the deal.
When my Dad heard this story he said, "That house has been yours for a while."
How beautiful. God had saved our favorite one for us before we knew it.
We will post pics ASAP.
And we hope you can come visit soon. =)
Much love,
Kaisers
3 comments:
yeah! Isn't God grand??! How exciting. Can't wait to see the pics!
Yay for a new home and what a wonderful story! Would you believe that I met some Brazilians here in India? Very much a God thing! Looking forward to seeing pictures of the new place!
That story makes me cry tears of wonderment at the goodness of God!
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