we're movin' to Gretna...

if we sell our house that is.

WE FOUND A LOT!!! In Lincoln Place in little Gretna, Nebraska.

We have been looking at lots for about a month now and just didn't feel comfortable with any of the neighborhoods we looked at. I guess we're a little picky. We want a big, flat lot (so that our kids can play and I can have a garden), west facing (so we get lots of sun and our driveway melts in the winter), on a quiet street, and not in a neighborhood with all towering two stories (since that's what ours will be). We looked at Lincoln Place, Whitehawk, Cinnamon Creek, Lincoln Place, Harrison Woods (which does has a sweet pool if anyone wants to move there), Falcon Ride and....Lincoln Place. We just kept on coming back to that neighborhood.

It felt like home.

We went around and around about the pros and cons about living in Gretna vs. Omaha and finally we decided that Gretna was the right place for us. It's actually only 5 min. from Lincoln Place to our current home so that means only 5 extra min. on Chris's commute. We also really like the school system, and although we're planning on sending our kids to a Christian school we like the option of sending our kids to a public school and it's good for re-sale. We also feel that b/c our church is in Gretna we would like to become more involved with the community there. We have friends there. Hannah is going to preschool there.

So, the decision was made.

Now, we just had to find the right lot. We looked for about a week and found one that we really liked. Only problem was that lots in Lincoln Place run about $6000 more then the lots we had picked out in Omaha. So, we just prayed that God would provide the perfect lot for us at the perfect price.

And he did.

Chris actually was the one who said "let's just drive up this street and see if there's any lots available." I agreed but figured we wouldn't find anything since most of the lots were filled with existing homes. But there it was, right between two houses, a ranch on one side and a corner lot on the other so we're not right next to that neighbor. It was west facing, flat, didn't have an electrical box in the yard, is was BIG, and our neighbors even had up fences which means we'd hardly spend anything finishing our portion of the fence.

We went home and checked the price...and to our shock it cost $7000 LESS then the average lot in Lincoln Place. We were a little confused though b/c although the lot looked really big the measurements on the Internet were REALLY small (hence the lower price). So we talked to our builder and realtor who checked into it and found out that the Internet was wrong and the lot was actually 40 feet larger then what the Internet showed.

We met with our builder at the lot site and he said he would call the developer and try to negotiate a price for us. We were just hoping and praying that they didn't decide to raise the price. Ed (our builder) thought he'd just try for a low offer and see if they'd take it...

and they did!!!! We ended up getting the lot for $9000 less then most Lincoln Place lots.

We are so pumped!!! We both really felt like this was where God was leading us and he TOTALLY provided. We drove by the lot and prayed over it and that was awesome.

I remember doing the same thing with our lot here in Coyote Run. We prayed that God would give us clear direction with the house, that we would seek him, that he would close the doors if this was not his will, and most of all the HE would be GLORIFIED in that home.

So, another journey has begun in the Wassenaar household. We're signing the documents on Monday night and our house goes on the market on Wed. night.

It's been a crazy process so far. But both Chris and I have felt God's hand leading and we are just trusting that if he wants us to build this house that he will continue to provide.

We'll be posting pictures soon. Pray for us.