TX house update:

The contract I wrote about back in December fell through. We received word last week that there were two new contracts on the house. We accepted the better of the two and were anticipating a closing this month or the beginning of next.

The realtor requested that we have our utilities turned back on so that the inspection could take place. Jason called to have the water turned on, no problems. However, when he called to have the electric turned on, they said they could not turn it on until we had paid our bill. Of course Jason answered, "What bill? We haven't lived there in two years!" They replied that we have a $642 electric bill due on the house and that the electric was shut off for non-payment.

To make a long story short, we had turned on the electric after our renters moved out in order to repair all of the damage that had been done. We called in May to have everything shut off to avoid high cooling bills during the Texas summer. Apparently it did not get cut off; they have no record of our disconnect request. They cut it off after two months for "no pay". They sent bills to an old address that we of course never received.

The electric company knocked the bill down to $450, but we are faced with paying it or the house not selling because they can't do the inspection. We are trying to work with our realtor to see if there are alternatives, but her son passed away yesterday after a long fight with a disease. Not a good time to work something like this out.

This is just the millionth challenge in this whole thing. It's so discouraging. There hasn't been one thing easy or even the slightest break with this TX house. God is really building our character I guess. Please pray for this to work out and for us to have wisdom.