There is a house next to the youth hostel in Stromness that we are trying to get. Tomorrow is the last day for bids. Someone in the town has offered to buy the house (since we have no money and cannot get a mortgage in UK) and let us use it for the time being, with us paying the interest and council tax.
Its a great 5 bedroom house but has not been lived in for 15 years. It will need a lot of work to get it livable, but we would like to give it a shot.
Offer goes in tomorrow and we should know by Friday. If you have been following the story, you will know we have been looking for a year and haven’t got this far until today. Quite exciting!!!
We were originally thinking of a monastic setting outside the town, but feel better about this scenario – an urban monastic center that is decentralised so that we dont have to buy all the buildings. Having a hostel up against the house and a hotel and pub about 10 feet away will allow us to function like a monastery/pilgrimage centre without having to buy one. Anyway, appreciate prayer for God’s smile on this one . .
praying with you…
Ditto! Exciting times!
we’ll be praying here too! keep us posted!
we’re on it.
i’m actually doing a small series on “intentional community” living and the inherent goodness of creation. will be good to see yours develop should God’s smile turn upon it.
If we’re out this summer, we’d love to help with renovations…
As someone that lives in a community house that’s always under rennovation I can say that it’s still worth it! Good choice.
Awesome. I hope we get to visit some day.
If this is the right place, I pray that you’ll persevere with what needs to be done.
If it isn’t I hope that the right thing will soon come along.
Keep going.
May God grant you the desires of your heart. This sounds great and hopefully I will make it over there to see you and your family and stay at your place. God is good and I am so very thankful that He brought you into the life of my family.
this looks and sounds great….how do you talk your wife into this…really I want to know
Any news today on the results of the bid?
didnt get it. two bids higher than ours. but i am sure God has another house for us
thanks for asking