Sr:
I am so sorry about it.  They are the losers for not working with you.  But when one door closes, another one open.  May you be blessed with a new option (opportunity). Sounds like these people may not be really forming the community that you had hoped. You will be in my prayers as you go forward.
Peace and blessings,
Sid Breese+

Walk in the rain, smell the flowers, stop along the way, build sandcastles, go on field trips, find out how things work, tell stories, say the magic words, trust the universe, be centered in God.

> On Jun 19, 2024, at 2:26 PM, Mary Clarke <srmm7759@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Abbess Martha, Brothers & Sisters,
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> For all those who walked along with me during the many twists and turns regarding the purchase of a tiny house last week, it is with great sadness that I have decided to walk away from that purchase.
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> Briefly, with all your suggestions that I find a lender outside their in house lender, I found a much better deal. It required 45 days to close. Yesterday I received a phone call from the manager who told me that they would not accept the 45 days for closing. I won't go into the gory details of the conversation, but in a nutshell they were pressuring me to close by the end of the month using their internal lender, regardless of the financial burden that put on me. And as anyone who knows me knows, I don't respond well to being strong armed.
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> So after much thought and prayer, conversations with family and friends, I notified them this morning I would not be buying the tiny house.
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> I still feel that change is in the air, but I'll just have to wait on the Lord to reveal that to me. For now, I continue to follow the Benedictine way I learned from all of you, asking God, "what would you have me do for you today."
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> Thank you all for your encouragement and prayers. I learned alot about buying tiny houses, but more so, how blessed I am to have all of you in my life.
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> Blessings,
> Sr. Mary M
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