So, here is what has been going on at the Peters' residence. Well, about 2 months ago I was given an amazing opportunity to teach piano this fall full time (more or less). I was blown away at such an opportunity cause I thought it would take a good 5 years to get full time students. So, I jumped at the opportunity. Well, then I started to wonder about this whole thing after my recital (which I still haven't gotten my marks back for, I actually forgot about them for a while). Anyways, I realized when I was playing, especially with the trio, that I didn't want to stop. Who, would have ever thought that I, Amanda Peters, would ever have doubts about being finished university. I know that as a teacher I will be playing everyday, but I want to play with others on a more professional level. Natalia (the violinist) and I want to get together on a few gigs here and there to keep in touch and keep playing. I hope that happens. Well, now here I am, out of school for almost a month already, with my head on straight again, and pretty excited that I don't have to worry about another essay in my life if I don't want to...but maybe I will.
About 2 weeks ago, another blessing seemed to fall right into our laps...the possibility of buying a house. Now, if it was just any other regular house to buy we probably wouldn't do it. BUT, the thing is is that we may have smaller mortgage payments cause it's a duplex and we would rent out the other side, it comes with a grand piano to use (at least for the next year or two), it has a waiting room for my students with all the furnishings, it comes with a grand piano, it also comes with some pretty great appliances I think, it comes with a grand piano, it has recently been remodelled inside and grass was seeded in the backyard last fall, and more. So they would like us to be in there June 1st, yikes. The crazy thing is that Ryan and I have been looking forward to buying a place sometime in the future (but we thought next summer) and this place is pretty nice and I always said that I would like a place with a potential waiting room for my students so they don't invade our privacy. So, now the question is...is this what God wants? Maybe He has something even better in mind and wants us to say no to this. Maybe He wants either me or Ryan to go back to school yet sometime...which is a possibility for both of us...but more so for Ryan. But, I do know that God will provide a way for us in the future if we buy the house or not. At the moment, we are waiting to meet with a mortgage broker (tonight actually) to ask lot's of questions. Right now we feel like we should go ahead with this and trust that God knows what He is doing and will close the right doors if this isn't suppossed to happen. So, if all you with all this house buying experience hanve any advice we would appreciate it a lot.
Amanda
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So, here's where it's at. The meeting with the broker lady went great! She figured things out for us based on what we think would be the max amount they would ask for the house, and she said it should work!!! Very exciting. The only thing now is that they may be asking for more than we expected. hopefully this week we will find out. Bummer. But at least we know that we can buy a place this summer...even if it isn't that place. Just keep praying.
Amanda
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