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anybody wanna buy a house? | June 24, 2009

So our NOLA house has been on the market for about two months now with nary a bite. Sad.  Not worried…just a little concerned since our moving date is creeping closer. I we have done some price adjustments recently and I feed a lot better about things. We have a nice cozy house…in an amazing location…if you only want two bedrooms. Most people want [need?] three or more bedrooms. Most houses are three or more bedrooms [including most of the comps we ran]. We just need to find the right person and we are confident our house will sell.

Anyway, perhaps you are wondering, “why are they selling their house when they are moving back to NOLA in 10 months?”

That, my friend, is a great question.

We want to plant a church that is squarely focused on restoring the neighborho0ds of Gentilly. It will be hard for us to help lead said church if we don’t live in that area. It will be difficult to shepherd people who are rebuilding their homes and lives from the high and dry Westbank.

Don’t get me wrong, we love the Westbank. We have really enjoyed our time on this side of the River. For this chapter of our lives, God is beckoning us to Gentilly.

Of course, all that is contingent on our house selling. At some point, we might have to shift to plan B…namely renting our house. That might mean that come next May, we have no choice but to move back into our same home in Algiers.

I guess God will have to take care of that. We are trusting Him to sell our house.