The Oferring

Well our house hit the MLS on Wed. night. On Friday the calls started coming in from realators. We ended up with 5 showings for Friday and Saturday. By Saturday morning at 11:30 Mike was calling me letting me know that there was an offer on the table from the 9:00am showing.
Mike just left our house (Sunday evening) we had to wright a counter offer. We wrote an offer that I feel is more than fair but it's scary because the buyer could easily walk and buy another house.
We can only pray that this is the buyer God has for us and we reacted correctly.
This has been a pretty wild ride so far!
We'll get an answer tommorrow.

Exceptional Rate

Well here is our home. Here is our home that is going to be on TV this Thursday. So is there a huge God story here somewhere? We'll find out!

Here's the deal. My friend Mike is the onwner of a company called Exceptional Rate Real Estate. He presented me with a new program that he is offering with his business. It's a For Sale By Owner program for $899.00.

Here's what you get.

• MLS listing (where everyone looks)


• Hot line dialing (I get a e-mail of there phone# so I can call back)


• Signs for the yard


• Deal negotiation when an offer is given.


• All paperwork

TV 13 is doing a Super Saver segment on Thursday and they are highlighting Mikes' program. They asked him for some clients that would like to be interviewed about why they are using Mikes' program. So Mike gave them my name!

So wouldn't it be cool if someone sees this and buys the house? I think so. God has opened all the doors for our move so far. Could this be another door? I'm certainly going to walk through!

Overflow Big Debut

Well we finally had the ribbon cutting and Overflow is officially launched!

As you will see below it got some serious attention!

I had fun moving this sign around to all the different movie ads.

So as you can read from the sign we will be in the theaters learning about the teachings of Jesus and enjoying our salty movie popcorn and pop. I wonder if Heaven will have movie theater popcorn!

Another Season

Here's a couple of pictures I took Monday night. Yes another season of Rampage has started. It was fun to see a few friends I've made through the years.
I am going to give the Rage dance team a copy of this picture in a poster format. I also made one for my brother inlaw and myself. We will have them sign our copy.
I'm sure people will question my association with these girls. I can assure all who read this that my motives are pure. I have made friends with some of them and even got to share (breifly) my faith with one of them last year. Heck they're old enough to be my kid!

Thanks Mike!

A few weeks ago my son Mike wrote in his blog that he was reading a book called "The Shack" He begged his readers to stop reading his blog and get out and buy this book. Well I immediately shut down my computer and ran out and got the book. Okay not really....but I did pick up the book on Friday afternoon. The store clerk said he couldn't keep the book on the shelf and I happened to get the last copy in the store. He also was going to be reading it this weekend.
I started reading the book last night but fell asleep. I was really getting into the story but nature took over. I awoke this morning about 5:00am and decided to read some more in the book. I made a pot of coffee and started to read. I couldn't put the book down. I finally finished the book at 1:30pm.
I was not prepared for the intense emotional roller coaster this book takes you on. Some parts I chuckled at and some parts I literally wept over. I have never been moved by a book like this before. I highly recommend that you stop reading this blog and run out and get this book. I will not even try to tell you about the story. This is something you have to experience for yourself.

"This book has the potential to do for our generation what John Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress did for his. It's that good" Eugene Peterson

I read in the back of the book that they hope to make a film of it. I hope they do.
I am getting ready to read Visioneering by Andy Stanley and I'm not sure I'm even looking forward to it after reading this book.

So thanks for the book recommendation MIKE!

Good Morning!

It's 4:18am in the morning and I am wide awake. I just finished getting my furnace running. The igniter has decided to go bad and I woke up to a house that is 62deg. I had to go out to my van and grab some tools and get the flame going again. While I wait for the house to warm I thought I'd check some blogs and post myself.
I found that none of my usual friends or family has updated in a while. Must be the season. I have not had the time or energy to catch up myself.
So what has been up?
The House:
We continue getting the house ready to show. I have one contact that I hope is promising but we haven't been able to get times right to have a showing to them. I have drastically reduced the cost in hopes of selling quicker. We all know the market is flooded with homes right now. I figure God is going to have to show up and play realtor. (I wonder what his realtor fee is?)
We continue to find houses in the market to buy in Benton Harbor. We haven't found that one that just says buy me yet but we'll keep looking. The biggest obstacle has been finding something that has enough parking for my service van.
The Church:
We had a sad weekend last weekend. This was the last service with our new friends at City Life church. Pastor Christy brought Deb and I foward and they laid hands and prayed for us as they sent us off. I have made some good friends and have heard some great stories. I was truly blessed to be a part of that community. They have started to restore some of my hope in the local church. It's funny how it took something so ugly (addicts, prostitutes, redemption, and relapse) to find hope and beauty. These folks are not pretending to have it all together. They are openly messed up and honestly crying out to Jesus asking for his help (salvation). It's just a beautiful thing. I think I'm begginning to see some of Jesus true heart.
Overflow Community Church is getting ready for it's official launch on the 16th. It has been a weird journey. God has placed alot of talented people in key positions. It's been weird because we've been trying to conduct ministry from a long distance. I long for the day when I'm closer and can get down to business. I don't feel very effective yet and worry that I'm doing them a diservice. I would hate to think I'm holding up any progress. Although I have to keep reminding myself and others that this is a marathon not a sprint. We have to advance with knowledge of our surroundings and figure out what fits best.
Getting Warmer:
Well it's getting warmer in the house and I'm going to try and get an hour of sleep. Lot's more I could share but.....
God Bless
Randy