🏡 Our House 🏡

 

“Congratulations! We closed!”  was the message we received from our real estate agent. A few days later it was really official – the wire transfer of funds for payment was made to our account in Canada. And with that – our house was sold. I don’t think we really thought it would go so fast. We listed it in February, but in our minds once April arrived we anticipated slow season for sales, and July and August slow-slow season. But, in late July we had our offer with closing in early September. We are happy!  We are sad! We are content.

For nine years, this was the house where we stored our second toothbrushes, our sandals, and a week-plus of unmentionables.  This is the house that allowed us to do God’s work. This is the house that was at the end of imaginary line between Home 1 close to those we loved, and Home 2 close to those we loved. I guess we feel a little like the peg at one end of the line has been pulled up and right now it is twanging with no place to re-peg.

So, this is a time of reflection. Not on the stuff and not so much on the building itself but on the work we were allowed to do from that house and on those we love as a result of that work. It’s a time with so many good memories:  

➤ when our classroom was used for English classes, homework help, and computer literacy/games

➤ when our classroom was used for games 

➤ when we hosted Eat and Study Friday night Youth Group

➤ Larry's memories come with lots of sweat

➤ can't forget living with Juan for a few seasons - a companion for Larry and regular meals for Juan

➤ remembering deck and laughter-filled visits 

                   ➤ and attempts at growing in the heat

➤ remembering last visits

➤ and final, for now, goodbyes.

While the sale is completed and our house isn't our house now, we are content. We had an opportunity - a temporary gift - provided to us to do the work we had been given. We were able to share day-to-day living with many friends in Roatan. Our house is gone, but our memories continue as a lasting gift. We thank God for both gifts - our house, and our memories - and look forward to where we will call home in Roatan again.