Rental House

You know how I said we had a feeling God was going to bring us a house to rent? That we didn't have to go out and beat the bushes to find it? We had driven around in the beginning just to get a sense of what the market was like but that was back in Sept. before we even knew we had the job for sure. Dad really wanted to live on the lake, but it was a little outrageous to buy and the rental units were shacks. I didn't care where we rented but I told God what I would like in the house (well, He asked.....) I said a sunporch, a deck or front porch, a fireplace, closets and bookcases. So Saturday someone mentioned a couple they knew had a house to rent on the lake (read $$$). It turned out that Dad had counseled their son just this past week. We hooked up with them today after church. When they said "on the lake" they weren't kidding. Now the house is not alot to write home about, but the living room is large and its view out the front is fantastic - framed by a large maple tree that Mrs. Carpenter says turns peachy yellow in the fall. And it has: a fireplace (albeit gas), a deck on the front that has that fantastic view, a sunporch (only for warm weather) a LOT of closets. No bookcases but lots of room for the portable kind. We're going to talk more with them because the place is full of rental unit-type furniture, but she doesn't see any problem moving it to one of their other houses if we provide the muscle to do it. I am hoping the people at church REALLY like us and REALLY like to move furniture. We would even have our own dock. So y'all can bring down your big inboards and we can ski the summer away. And the price is exactly what we are asking the Geans to pay to rent our house here in Valpo....can ya believe it?