Condo Owner

So I have been a condo owner for 6 months now.  I am loving having my own place....my own little spot that is mine....and every month I am not paying someone else rent, I am paying myself rent.  Last year was a big boom in the housing market.  It was a great market to buy.  I had been looking for about 6 months and had a horrible realastate agent who never even showed me one house.  I was beginning to wonder if I should really buy my own place or not.  Was I really going to stay in America or move back overseas and teach somewhere?  These were my internal thoughts...should I stay, should I pack up and leave.  Well my church was doing a 40 days of prayer and fasting leading up to the election in November.  I joined them in this to pray about the election, to have peace about who God wanted me to vote for, and I decided to bring my wonderings about buying a place or not.  Within those 40 days God brought me a new realistate agent, one who turns out went to the very same elementary school back in the day, the perfect condo and a smooth purchasing process.  When I saw this place for the first time, I felt like God was holding out his hands saying, "This place is for you.  This is my gift to you."  God is so amazing!

This is my view!  It is in a location that has so many precious childhood memories with my grandparents.  I am 1 and 1/2 miles from the beach.  I can watch the sunsets over the Salish Sea and the Olympic Mountains.  It is only 10 minutes commute to my work.  God has once again blown me away with His goodness and provision.

I got the keys right before Thanksgiving.  So the first thing I put in my place was a Christmas Tree, a real one.  It smelled so good and piney.

Over the winter it snowed quite a bit.  The view was so lovely even in the snow.  

The sunsets are truly spectacular.

Very grateful!  Owning has saved me money, too, because rent in the area was going up $200-$400 dollars a month.  So God answered my questions and provided.  So for now I am staying in America.  It has taken close to 2 years for me to re-enter and re-adjust to the American West lifestyle and culture.  I will always have a little Asian in me and will forever be grateful for the 7 years in China. <3 p="">