If you've followed the first four parts of our unforgettable house-buying saga, you'll appreciate why, as we reach the story's gripping conclusion, we were feeling good about things. God had come through for us in astonishing ways, not least of all His miraculous provision of a mortgage, and so our house purchase felt like nothing more than a formality. And in one sense it was - do not fear, we did buy the house - but it did end up being a bit more complicated than we'd anticipated. In this...

As you'll probably appreciate by now, our journey of buying a house has been one of jarring highs and and lows. From our initial excitement of receiving a deposit as a wedding gift to our embarrassment at having to use this money to pay for our living costs for six months; from our excitement again at the thought of being able to buy when our inheritance came through to our confusion as God told us to quit our jobs; and from our excitement of thinking we actually could buy the perfect house...

If you've followed the last two episodes of The Great Pollard House Hunt, you'll know that each part has involved some sort of sacrifice, but ended with a restoration. In the first part God restored our house deposit to us, and in the previous part God restored our peace to us. This part is the beginning of the story of how God finally led us into our promised land and gave us a house. A Break From Houses In July 25, as the dust settled following our re-surrendering of plans to God at the end...