Jared just finished training at his job and is begining regular work this week. Pray that he will make sales and will not be discouraged. The close rate in this type of work is WAY different than anything he's used to.
Our renters have decided not to pay us and not to move out. We were forced to hire a lawyer and begun a legal eviction process. It is ridiculous. Though we aren't responding to them our renters continue to contact us and treat us like we are being "unchristian" in not allowing them to still live there and requesting they continue to live there while paying us a significantly reduced rent. Yet even when the law has told them to get out - they don't. They told us they filed bankruptcy - but they did not (it's public record). We will see if they do before their court date this Friday. I can't believe people think it's ok to do that. I feel like my house is being stolen from me.
God continues to take care of us. We have been blessed with unexpected blessings that are getting us through.
Our van is holding out which is good. We are getting a couple repairs done.
We are hoping to move to Charlotte in the next month but we will see. We went down to Charlotte with Jared last week and got a feel for the area and were able to figure out where we do and don't want to live and what the costs are. We haven't found a place yet but can now more effectively search. The boys were able to play with several kids their age there and I could tell that was huge for them. It's been a long time...
Please pray that we will be encouraged and be able to get through the next few months and keep our sanity :) We will be listing our house for sale very soon. We wish it was listed now but having renters you can't get out of your house causes major problems so we want to get through the hearing this Friday first. So please pray it sells soon and that the renters can get out ASAP without the police having to be involved (which creates additional hassle for us)
I just discovered my mobile posting was disabled so hopefully now that that is fixed we can get to posting more regularly :)
Monday, October 31, 2011
Halloween
Monday, October 3, 2011
At Long Last
First of all, I have to apologize for not getting many posts up here. I have really been having trouble with my blogger account and am considering making a change. I'll let you know if that happens.
The big announcement of this post is to say Jared has a job! It has been quite a year. He's picked up a few odds and end things here and there. I will spare you all the details of the insanity of trying some things that he has stepped forward in and haven't turned out to be what he expected.
He was offered a job at AT&T Advertising Solutions last Friday. The problem: It's in Charlotte - 3 hours from here. The following week was quite a rollercoaster. Another job presented itself in the city we are living in now and was pretty comparable. In the end we decided the AT&T job seemed best for us despite having to move. (again, I will spare you the details) We don't want to move but on the plus side my brother and his family live in Charlotte and we have several friends there as well. It's also more of a city and I think Jared will like that. So if we needed to move - I'm glad it's to Charlotte!
The job started today, Oct 3rd! So Jared went down last night and is staying with friends for the week which we are so thankful for.
You would think we would feel the pressures begin to melt away after Jared getting job, but we are actually still in quite a tough spot. At least we know it is temporary.
He will have paid training in Oct and we are glad about that - but obviously it is training and will not pay as much as he will be making in commissions. It may be a few months before many commissions come in. We shall see. I'm not quite sure how all that will work.
Here's our current situation in a nutshell so you know how to pray for us....
1) Our renters have also found themselves in a bad spot and are WAY behind on rent. (thousands of dollars) We have covered for them (this may not make sense to you without the full story) but gave them a deadline of Oct 1 to pay us which they haven't. This week we have to post a pay or vacate notice and list out house. (unless they miraculously pay us). Problem is we need the money they owe us. Right now. AND we can't continue to pay for the house with non-paying renters or with no renters and it listed for sale. We need either for them to catch up and continue to pay on time or for them to pay what they owe and then get our house sold by November. Please pray their situation comes through for them and we are paid - and quickly.
2) We can't get out of our current lease (which has 7 months left) for less than $3000 at this point. We may be able to get that lowered but it is still going to cost us money we don't have. Whatever happens we need to get it figured out because Jared leaving every week all week is not really going to work, not to mention not really affordable either.
3) We only have one car. Jared is driving it to Charlotte leaving me with no car. Not ideal. Fortunately, my parents live nearby and can help if I need something. I can also walk to the store. We do need another car though and as you can tell, can't afford it. In addition to this we are having some problems with the van and are just praying it holds together because it's all we've got :)
I could write pages and pages about everything going on in my mind and additional details of our lives right now but to be honest, I don't have the energy.
In addition to the things above please pray for our sanity and for us to trust God. He has provided for us so far and I hate that I struggle with trusting him to continue to do so.
More to come...
The big announcement of this post is to say Jared has a job! It has been quite a year. He's picked up a few odds and end things here and there. I will spare you all the details of the insanity of trying some things that he has stepped forward in and haven't turned out to be what he expected.
He was offered a job at AT&T Advertising Solutions last Friday. The problem: It's in Charlotte - 3 hours from here. The following week was quite a rollercoaster. Another job presented itself in the city we are living in now and was pretty comparable. In the end we decided the AT&T job seemed best for us despite having to move. (again, I will spare you the details) We don't want to move but on the plus side my brother and his family live in Charlotte and we have several friends there as well. It's also more of a city and I think Jared will like that. So if we needed to move - I'm glad it's to Charlotte!
The job started today, Oct 3rd! So Jared went down last night and is staying with friends for the week which we are so thankful for.
You would think we would feel the pressures begin to melt away after Jared getting job, but we are actually still in quite a tough spot. At least we know it is temporary.
He will have paid training in Oct and we are glad about that - but obviously it is training and will not pay as much as he will be making in commissions. It may be a few months before many commissions come in. We shall see. I'm not quite sure how all that will work.
Here's our current situation in a nutshell so you know how to pray for us....
1) Our renters have also found themselves in a bad spot and are WAY behind on rent. (thousands of dollars) We have covered for them (this may not make sense to you without the full story) but gave them a deadline of Oct 1 to pay us which they haven't. This week we have to post a pay or vacate notice and list out house. (unless they miraculously pay us). Problem is we need the money they owe us. Right now. AND we can't continue to pay for the house with non-paying renters or with no renters and it listed for sale. We need either for them to catch up and continue to pay on time or for them to pay what they owe and then get our house sold by November. Please pray their situation comes through for them and we are paid - and quickly.
2) We can't get out of our current lease (which has 7 months left) for less than $3000 at this point. We may be able to get that lowered but it is still going to cost us money we don't have. Whatever happens we need to get it figured out because Jared leaving every week all week is not really going to work, not to mention not really affordable either.
3) We only have one car. Jared is driving it to Charlotte leaving me with no car. Not ideal. Fortunately, my parents live nearby and can help if I need something. I can also walk to the store. We do need another car though and as you can tell, can't afford it. In addition to this we are having some problems with the van and are just praying it holds together because it's all we've got :)
I could write pages and pages about everything going on in my mind and additional details of our lives right now but to be honest, I don't have the energy.
In addition to the things above please pray for our sanity and for us to trust God. He has provided for us so far and I hate that I struggle with trusting him to continue to do so.
More to come...
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