Working on the house purchase brings a few roadblocks, but it’s a positive project for Nelson to work on while he endures cancer treatment—and waits to feel better.
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August 22, 2022
Hit the first snag with the house. I have to amend my tax returns. I should probably pray into that a little. Sometimes I wonder if these things are things I should push through or things that signify a “no” from God. Hard to tell sometimes.
Lord, I pray for wisdom and to know how to respond to that. I see my friend Josh and how he pushed through so much to get the loan for his house, and it worked out super well for him. I know these things aren’t easy, otherwise everyone would be doing them.
I want to be someone who is determined and “gets what he wants” in a sense, who is willing to fight for things that are valuable, but I don’t want to be stubborn.
Show me the way, Lord. I would love to do this, but I want to make sure it’s you, Lord. I just keep thinking about what Josh told me, that getting the financing for his house was like a part time job when he did it. So, I don’t expect it to come without a fight, in a way.
I think it would be great to get this house, so close to the Mayo Clinic. Now Annso even talks about working there as an OT [Occupational Therapist], which would be unexpected, but probably ok. She’d work 3, 12 hour shifts, and 1 weekend a month. That would be me as Mr. Mom, but it would get us full benefits and a solid income.
I just got a call from John Anderson saying he is praying for us, and if we need anything, just to call. Super nice of people to stand with us like that. I called him back, and he was telling me stories about how we rode motorcycles to Minnesota [from Chicago] back in the day, and ran out of gas here at Rochester.
I rode off and figured out how to siphon gas from one bike to the other and got us going. We drove all night and arrived at his college, St. Olaf, at 7 AM, freezing to death. John said that same determination will get me through this, and I’ll live to raise Will.
He said he’s never met anyone like me and that I have a resourcefulness and determination that will get us through. I thought that was super encouraging and probably true.
You don’t really know that stuff about yourself, because you don’t know what it’s like to live inside another person’s body and soul, but I suppose I do have a bit of grit.
I have never known another way, so to me it’s normal. I guess I need it to get through the house thing now, and have to extend it to another phase of life, taking risks with the family this time, instead of on a motorcycle. It’s easy for me though. Sort of comes second nature. Life is nothing without risk. It’s a boring slog that moves way too slow. I’m glad God gives us the freedom to take risks and live to tell about it.
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“Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.” (Ecclesiastes 11:1)