“As soon as we stepped in the door of the house, we immediately loved it…”
Our family had moved to Northern Ireland to work with a missions organisation but there was little pay. We knew God was calling us to trust him so my husband quit his job, we left our home, and moved with our two babies from England, with nothing more than a promise of £200 per month.
We had kindly been given a few months staying in an apartment by the sea for free. When it came time to leave, we had nowhere to go and little to no money available for rent.
We prayed for God to help us find the perfect house for our family in the right place and at the right time for the right amount of money.
We had emailed to enquire about housing benefit, not thinking we would be able to get anything, but they called me back to let me know that we could get full housing benefit, so to start looking at property. What a blessing!
We visited the estate agents and they told us that there were so many people looking for the kind of property we wanted, that we just had to call up and it would be luck of the draw if there was something in. There were too many people for them to call around to.
We kept on praying.
Later that week, we got a call from the estate agent, saying that she didn’t normally do this, but a property came on the market that day and we came to mind. We weren’t able to get there immediately, but amazingly she said she would hold it for us. As soon as we stepped in the door of the house, we immediately loved it. It was perfect for our family in the best location. We signed there and then.
When we applied for housing benefit, we were then told we were not eligible. We had signed for 12 months and now had no way to pay for it.
We prayed again and believed that God had made a way for us to be in this house and that he would make sure we were ok.
The next week, we were given a cheque out of the blue from people we hardly knew that covered 2 months rent. Each month, we had surprising things happen, like a tax rebate or grant money we didn’t expect. Jesus took care of us each month and we always paid the rent on time.
He answered all of our prayers in the most wonderful way, leading us to the most wonderful home and took care of us. Praise God!