http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=2714780496001
This video completely sums up what our family has been through over the past several months. After Ben was a casualty to the merger back in March, in July he was offered a good job in Texas. We prayed and felt that we should move back.
Ben moved into a hotel and I finished packing up our home and moving our things into my parents' basement and garage. I arrived down in Texas a couple of weeks later. We looked for homes to buy, rent, even lowered our standards and still couldn't find something suitable for us. Ben's job also wasn't what we thought it would be. We stayed at the hotel for a few months and by the end of September, Ben had been moved to a consulting position for the company.
Down in the dumps with no place to call home, we prayed again and we felt we needed to head back home to Illinois. My in laws were so kind to invite us to stay in their basement temporarily.
The 1st week there, Ben was interviewed by a company in Crystal Lake and while we were on vacation the 2nd week, he was offered the job. When we got back we started looking for homes to rent for a year and then buy. After looking at the budget and being better off to buy, we started looking for a home. We looked at several homes in the area and we found the one that is just right for our family and under budget. We have a signed contract and should be closing in the next 30 days!
I know we had to take the wrong path to be guided to the right one. It was a hard path to follow, but in end, we are so happy to have found a good job for Ben and our forever home :).
We are growing to love the area and are close to our families, which is very important to us.
I'm looking forward to the remodeling projects we have planned for our home down the road and getting settled in before the holidays (Fingers crossed).
Here's a picture of the new home.
