Losing the Farm - An Unlikely Beginning

I'm finally writing the blog I've dreamed of for years, but the first chapter of this story is unfolding in the most unexpected way. In fact, this beginning is emerging from a sudden and difficult ending...we are losing our home and farm.

On July 28th of this year, we had a mold evaluation done on our home. My husband has had increasingly serious health issues these past few years and met with a new doctor earlier that month. As he was going over some intake paperwork, the doctor's office asked if he had ever been checked for mold illness, since he had all the classic signs of that health concern. Bloodwork and some other tests confirmed that it may indeed be the root cause of much of his health problems, so we scheduled to have someone test our house. My husband is a remodeler by trade, and our house is a fixer upper that we've been renovating over the past five years, so it wasn't clear if he was suffering from a prior exposure, work related exposures, or if there was still a problem at our home. Unfortunately, the tests confirmed our concerns. The mold analyst called the next morning and advised that, due to the levels of toxic mold spores in the air samples (combined with my husband's symptoms), it was unwise for us to stay in the house. And so, on July 30th, we tidied up a bit, packed some necessities, and relocated our family of seven to a local hotel for the night.

I'm going to allow myself to go back in time over the next few posts and chronicle our journey from that moment. It's important to my family that we have a record of this time in our lives. I know that we will look back and see God's faithfulness weaving through the circumstances, challenges, and victories as we walk this road, and my prayer is that it will be an encouragement to any one suffering loss or trials of their own.