Tuesday, 14 March 2023

Which way to turn... wisdom needed!

Here we are, half way through March, and my search for a new home just seems to be running into an endless succession of closed doors and dead ends.

I search daily on real estate websites, I phone to make an appointment to view a house or flat.... and they tell me that I am "not eligible" - that I don't meet the requirements. (In other words, they won't let me a view a flat that costs €1000 a month unless I can prove that my income is €3000 a month... As my monthly support hovers around the £700 mark, this of course is impossible for me to do.)

I look on WhatsApp forums to see if other missionaries in the region are looking for a house mate or renting out a room in their flat.... but again there are few or no options - other than the occasional offer of a short term room rental on the other side of Malaga, 30 miles away.

I know that God is faithful and there must be something for me somewhere, but trying to find it is becoming demoralising. Is there something else I should be doing, some action step that I haven't already taken over the past three months? I'm only too aware of the time ticking by with still no viable option on the horizon.

It was with a heavy heart that today I began expanding my home-hunting search to smaller towns and villages further inland. I'm only too aware of the huge implications of moving 20 miles away from everything and everyone that I've known for the past decade and a half... but, if I'm to continue living in Spain beyond the end of this month (which is what I believe God has put on my heart) I have no other wisdom than to start looking for solutions further afield. I have to do "the possible," even as I continue to hope and pray that the impossible might still happen closer to home.

Please would you pray with me for wisdom, that I would know if there are other steps I should be taking in order to see a breakthrough in this perplexing situation. Thank you.