Praying for our apartment!

The last couple of weeks have been spent looking for an apartment, praying about where the Lord would have our first home to be after the wedding! It's so exciting to think about! I look forward to living there and starting to set it up...do the girl thing and turn it into a home.

Things in China are a little different, though...apartments come furnished! We didn't like the bedroom furniture in the place we picked out, but he said he'd take it out for us and we could buy our own. We were excited to buy our own bedroom set after the wedding!

So, when we showed up tonight to make a final walk-through of the apartment, put the cash down, and sign the contract, we were a little surprised to hear that the landlord expected us to keep the furniture there after the wedding! It was an honest mis-understanding, filled with differnce in cultures being the barrier, but we walked out on our apartment tonight, wondering if the Lord may have another one for us somewhere.

I guess we'll see! Pray the Lord makes it clear to us!

Here is Joe...counting out the cash...right before we put it all promptly back in our pockets and walked away.

And here we are at Ikea where we went to price out bedroom furniture and get cheap hotdogs to make us feel better.

I'll keep you posted on how the apartment seach continues!

THANKS to Daniel and Lizzy for letting me stay with them till I get my own place!!! :)