Our Dream Home

In our married life we have only been homeowners twice.  Most of the time we have lived in church owned housing.  Church owned housing isn’t the best arrangement in the world, but it puts a roof over your heard, and it does simplify things greatly if you need to “get out of Dodge” in a hurry.

Our move to Southern Hills meant we would need to provide our own housing.  We were greatly blessed because we were able to make the move from temporary tenants to home owners.

We found a house that Ann called her dream house.  When she walked in the door she said, “Lord, if you didn’t want me to have this house, then why did you bring me here?”  That became our home for the next eleven years.   

We really got a very good deal on the house.   The house was in “succession,” which means that the previous owner had died.  It had been on the market for some time, so the heirs had reduced the price.  The biggest drawback was the fact that it had something of a seventies look, but we really didn’t mind that.   The unique feature was a breakfast room.  Ann enjoyed going in there each morning with her Bible study materials and spending quiet time with God.

We left it reluctantly at the end of our time in Shreveport, but we were deeply grateful for the eleven years we spent there.