Only God Could Have Brought Us Here

God brought us to Iowa a couple of weeks ago or so. We are buying a home in which all has gone through except the appraisal and that will be early this week. It is beautiful to see how the Lord worked, looking back. We came into Iowa one day and got a room close to a home that we were scheduled to see the next day. We had 7 homes within the State that we were very interested in. The real estate agent took us to the first two homes which were a couple of hours apart. We knew that neither of the homes would be for us. The third and last home he wasn't going to show us as it was out of his area, but because it was early yet he decided to take us to the home. We were happy to have nearly half of the homes done with in a day so we eagerly obliged. Before we approached the town some 10 miles out or so, I noted that the area looked so warm and comfortable with beautiful farms spread out everywhere for miles. We came upon a town called Kalona and it had a picture of an Amish buggy on it. I knew we were within a few miles of the home he was to show us in Wellman. I liked the area already. The home was so fitting for us, we just could not believe it. It felt like home from the minute we walked in the door to the time we left. It was a home that would not leave our minds or hearts and we felt deeply saddened at the possibility of losing it if we were to look at any other homes. We did not want to even look any further. We just knew we found it. We went to the nearby motel in Kalona so we could stay in town and look around before coming to a decision. Kalona we found is the largest community on this side of the Mississippi, of Amish and Mennonites. It was what we were looking for in Lancaster Pennsylvania. We had never heard of Kalona and only God could have brought us here. So, we are hopeful at the possibilities of what lie ahead for us and our children here. It is different here. Very different. The courtesies and kindness and polite gestures we have seen will do all of our hearts good. It will warm our hearts to pray so much more for the unsaved here.