Going Hunting

Today we decided to embark on the ever elusive hunt for a cheap, yet not nasty apartment in the La Mirada area.  We began our journey by starting to call various apartment complexes to see if they even have any apartments available.  While we did get good news from the moving company and we don't have to rush, it still is difficult to find openings that we could move into in the next couple of weeks.

The first place we went to was not as it appeared online.  Plus, it was one of the most expensive places we saw today.  The second place was better, but was a long way away from Biola, which after all, is the entire reason for coming all this way.  We think we may have found our future apartment in the third one. It is an interesting place, and the rent is only $1080. (only 1080... didn't think I'd ever say that.)  We went to look at one other place, but we decided to go ahead and apply at the third place.

We will try to finalize those details on Monday and hopefully, we will be able to move in by next Saturday.  We may try and go look at some studio apartments on Monday as well, just to see what some of those look like and what we could get for a little less.  Having the apartment taken care of early on in the week should free up plenty of time for me to search for a job.  That has to be the thing that frustrates and worries me the most.  It is so hard to sit back and trust that God will provide when you feel almost helpless, but that is what faith is.  I know that we were brought out here for a reason, and that it will work out if it is in His will.

Once we returned back to the hotel, we looked for a few churches in the area that we might visit tomorrow.  This was the first real time that I missed being back in Gaffney this whole week.  I'm not sure what I'm going to do tomorrow when I can't wake up and walk across the street and into the youth room.  It is going to be odd walking into a different church, but I know that finding a new church for Megan and I is an important step, not only for us spiritually, but also to help acclimate us to the area.  Hopefully, the people at our future church will help us adjust to the area. For now, Megan and I are going to curl up with Mo and watch a movie...if we don't fall asleep first.  It was a long hunt today.