May 30, 2012           

A miracle has for some reason come our way. 

We have been praying about a mission and when would be the right time etc.    I told Chris that I didn't want to go while any of our kids were still coming home for summer.  Andrea was the only one still coming and now - well, that is now solved!  Ha ha Andrea is now engaged to Jordan Benson (from Logan).

Next part of that miracle came when we asked RT’s son Warren to help us spruce up the yard a bit.  We had put together a big list of things to repair/improve etc on the home to get it ready for sale.  We thought we’d possibly list it in the Fall and figured it might take a year or so to sell because of the economy.  While Warren was working in our yard a neighbor walked by and asked him if he could help them in their yard as well.  Warren let our little secret out that we were thinking of listing our house.  That neighbor told a friend of theirs who then contacted us.  They did a walk through twice and then a 3rd time with a decorator and have made us an offer “as is”.  We don’t even have to do any repairs!  They want to move in this Fall so we are busy going through stuff!   Tossing and getting rid of things.  We will move stuff to a storage unit and when Elder & Sis Sorenson go back home (Nov 9th) we will move into that condo to sell it and put in our mission papers.  Crazy isn’t it!

I feel very blessed...I stand all amazed! - yet this has come so much sooner than we thought and so I also feel kind of like AAAAaaaaa!  I will miss miss this dear place.  We have broken the news to the kids and they are being so supportive yet kind of sad.  We’ve never lived in a house this long before and so I’m kind-of attached to it.  But change is so good for us and newness keeps us growing so part of me is very excited.  Hhhhh