Today is one of those strange days that one probably (hopefully) only has a few times in life. We don't know where we'll be sleeping tomorrow night, or the nights following. Our Airbnb reservation ends tomorrow and we haven't yet succeeded in finding a permanent apartment since a week ago when we arrived in Paris.
I won't be getting into all the nitty-gritty of finding apartments in Paris (there is more than enough blogs dedicated to that), but I can say that it hasn't gotten any more pleasant of an experience since three years ago. Back then I was a lonely exchange student with scholarship money from an American university, trying to find my way around and not fall prey to les arnaques- scams. It was hard, but it wasn't impossible since I was more flexible and definitely more "affluent", although I had no idea at that time.
This time, I am a married woman with a non-EU hubby, a growing bump in front of me and almost no savings, still trying to find my way around and not fall prey to les arnaques. So you can imagine our chances of easily navigating the Parisian game of overpriced rent for minuscule studios usually catering toward single students. And you can also imagine why it has been rather hard to explain to our family that moving back to France is the best decision we could take at this precise moment.
But for the past two days, I've been walking around with a peculiar sense of peace and calm about it all. As if, the closer to the "kick-out" date we get, the higher the chances that God will finally show us our new home. Today I woke up thinking of always being thankful (1 Tess 5:16) and always rejoicing. To unbelievers this might sound crazy in the current state of affairs- and it sometimes does to myself as well. But I can't forget about the many times God has provided for me in the most ingenious and unexpected ways, and I can't remember any when I had to sleep outside or starve.
We ourselves are very curious about how all this will work out and where we will drag our suitcases tomorrow (and for how long). But one question we do know an answer to- "Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won't he also give us everything else?"
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| "To grow you need some rain", as Kirk Franklin's song goes. |
I won't be getting into all the nitty-gritty of finding apartments in Paris (there is more than enough blogs dedicated to that), but I can say that it hasn't gotten any more pleasant of an experience since three years ago. Back then I was a lonely exchange student with scholarship money from an American university, trying to find my way around and not fall prey to les arnaques- scams. It was hard, but it wasn't impossible since I was more flexible and definitely more "affluent", although I had no idea at that time.
This time, I am a married woman with a non-EU hubby, a growing bump in front of me and almost no savings, still trying to find my way around and not fall prey to les arnaques. So you can imagine our chances of easily navigating the Parisian game of overpriced rent for minuscule studios usually catering toward single students. And you can also imagine why it has been rather hard to explain to our family that moving back to France is the best decision we could take at this precise moment.
But for the past two days, I've been walking around with a peculiar sense of peace and calm about it all. As if, the closer to the "kick-out" date we get, the higher the chances that God will finally show us our new home. Today I woke up thinking of always being thankful (1 Tess 5:16) and always rejoicing. To unbelievers this might sound crazy in the current state of affairs- and it sometimes does to myself as well. But I can't forget about the many times God has provided for me in the most ingenious and unexpected ways, and I can't remember any when I had to sleep outside or starve.
We ourselves are very curious about how all this will work out and where we will drag our suitcases tomorrow (and for how long). But one question we do know an answer to- "Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won't he also give us everything else?"
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