As for me and my house...

…We will serve the Lord!
(Joshua 24:15)

I said I was going to write more of an update – so here it is! The biggest news is that
I’m buying a house!! Yeah, crazy isn’t it? A few months ago I was freaking out at the thought of buying a car and paying it off for 5 years, and now I have a 30 year loan – whoa! Though I have my moments of freaking out, I’m really excited. I honesty believe that God called me to Durham back in the summer of 2000 (long story) and now I’m finally getting to be there whole heartedly! I already feel like my heart is there… now I can be all there. :) I want my house to really be a place where God is made known. I will be in a neighborhood where I will be the minority (by a long shot!). From my past visits to the house, I’ve noticed a lot of Mexican and Black families. Lots of kids too! I am already praying for opportunities to share Christ with them. Getting to know people’s kids is a great way to get to know them – and kids are my thing. ;) I would like for nothing more than for my house to be a place where Bible studies take place, prayers is lifted, and discipleship is happening. I know that this house is a gift from God. Too many things have “just happened” to make all of this happen. Here’s kind of how it happened…

The week after Easter I had off because of Spring Break. Monday afternoon I started tossing the idea around in my head about buying a house. I am very opposed to paying rent because I don’t think it’s a good use of money. So I just started looking online at cheap houses. Most of the ones I could afford were in really bad neighborhoods, but there was one that was in an area I knew about. So, Tuesday evening, on my way to Bible study (which was close to where the house was), I decided to just drive by the house to check out the area. I wasn’t turned off, which was a good sign… so then I went on to Bible study. When I mentioned the house, it turned out that the owner of the house where we had Bible study had looked at that house over a year ago and really liked it, but it was much more expensive then. So, after much talking, the girls all wanted to go see the house. We piled in a car and went to go see it. When we pulled up, we saw a couple looking inside the window. (“Oh no! They’re looking at my house!”) So we drove around the block a couple times and in the process, we saw another realtor sign, and one of the girls said that the realtor was from the Summit! I wrote the number down and we went to check out the house… After Bible study, I called the realtor (Pat) immediately and after talking, we agreed to meet the very next morning (Wednesday) to go see the house. At first she didn't seem as excited about it as me, and wanted to show me a couple other options... so I obliged, but the other 2 were much more expensive. So, after much talking and talking with a bank lady to see if I could be pre-approved for a loan (and I was!), it was lunch time, and Pat had to show someone else another house. So I went to lunch with a friend, and thought about the house... I felt ready to go through with the process, but needed another set of eyes to see the inside of the house and to tell me if I was being an idiot. So I called Pat again, and she agreed to go back to the house so Chris could see it too. He definitely confirmed that this little house needs some work (ok, a lot off work!), but he also pointed out the same good things that I liked about it. So... I ended up putting in an offer that same day! The next big hurdle was getting an inspection. There was a high possibility that there could be some foundational issues, so I was really nervous going into the inspection. But the inspector was even surprised to see that the house didn’t have any huge issues going on. (Oh yeah, the house is 80 years old!!) So I am buying the house! Friday, May 26th, Bonnie Boisvert will be a first time home owner – crazy, hey!? It’s cool that I’ve been able to do a lot of networking with Summit people. My realtor, insurance guy, and lawyer are all Summiteers. :) And I will probably use Summit people to do home repairs too! There are some certain perks to being at a big church. :)

Whew… my fingers are tired. I haven’t written this much in a while! I will update in a couple days about my job hunting. Oh the fun…

Thanks for checking in on me!

Bonnie B.