The dictionary defines the word lavish as
profuse, exuberant, lush and opulent.
So, when the Word of God says that the Lord lavishes his unfailing love
on you, it’s not a little bit of love, it is not a second-hand kind of love, it
is not a distant kind of love, no, it’s a first quality love, an exuberant and unconditional
love.
Roger’s C.A. practice had been sold and he felt that we
needed to leave even if the house was still on the market. To leave for the
mission field without a sold sign on the property was somewhat scary, nevertheless,
on August 2nd. waving at our three adult children and giving one
last look at that “For Sale” sign, we left for California.
Using a phone booth along the way was our only way to stay in touch. But, these type of phones would want us to deposit $3-$4 in quarters before giving us a connection. Using a credit card was not an option. Every evening, I would
call our house in Carp. I would make a collect call and
ask to speak to Denise. A collect call only required .25¢. If everything
was fine, the kids would just say that I was not there and I would hang
up. If they needed to talk to us our
daughter Chantal would get on the line and pretend to be me. This way we
avoided long distance charges every evening.
One evening we were crossing the mountains when we finally found a campground in Yuma, Arizona. We were by then just about 4 hours away from San Diego. We ate supper and then called the kids from a phone booth near the campground office. By then it was 10:00 p.m. in Carp.
Chantal answered and
pretended to be me. She was in a mild state of panic as we had an offer on the house and it was due to expire at 11:59 p.m.
So, we called our
realtor who was also in a mild panic waiting for our call. Once she gave us the details, we concluded
that probably by talking to the other realtor, we could come to an agreement on
this offer.
Our realtor, keeping
us on the line, called the prospective buyers realtor on another line, who
called his client on another line.
We went back and forth
for quite some time. At one point the camp ground manager brought us two chairs
and told us: “If you are going to spend the evening in that phone booth, you
might as well sit down.”
We had to decide on a
fair price, so we haggled over that topic. Then we
wanted a quick closing date, but the buyers wanted 60 days to get their
finances arranged.
Anyhow, after 1.5 hour, we finally were agreed on all the details and made a verbal
agreement that was to be followed the next day with a written contract sent by fax.
After thanking our
realtor, we finally hung up. It was
11:30 p.m. in Carp, but we still called the kids to
tell them the good news.
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