Day 29

Keeley Edwards | Re:Hope Southside

Back in January, during Storm Éowyn, several tiles blew off the side of our roof, leaving a hole exposed to the lovely Scottish weather. Our biggest concern wasn’t just the immediate damage, but the long-term impact if we couldn't get it fixed quickly. So we began praying. Not just for a speedy repair, but also that the cost wouldn’t be too expensive. 

We reached out to the original roofing company that fit the roof, but despite two months of back and forth, we were eventually met with radio silence despite continuous follow up. After four months of having a hole in the side of our roof, we decided to try one last time before moving on to find someone else to do the job.

To our surprise, they finally got back to us. They apologised for the long delay and, to make up for it, said they would fix the roof completely free of charge the following week.

While we had hoped for faster action, God answered the bigger prayer: provision. The timing wasn’t what we expected, but His faithfulness showed up above and beyond what we asked. 

Kelsey Roseweir | Re:Hope West End

Since returning home to Scotland last year after 6 months away with YWAM, I think it's safe to say that we have had a challenging time. It's been a year of significant trials with family bereavements and health scares, as well as my own health struggles culminating in me needing to have a single mastectomy this past January. A massive thing to process for someone of my age and it was all very scary to be quite honest with you, but I am so thankful to God that he has carried us through such a challenging time. And as far as answered prayers go for all of that...The prayers were simply desperate pleas/cries for help, and the answers were more like God just being there with us and taking us through it all safely. Praise God I am healthy!

One of the big things we have been yearning for throughout this season of reassimilating has been to have more space at home—and specifically a home with a garden. We began viewing houses but put everything on hold whilst we held on for dear life to get through the above circumstances! Eventually after my surgery we began looking again and put in an offer or two. Once, at the closing date, we were the lowest offer out of about 20. It's actually quite comical how out of our league we were! 

One day I received a text from my husband Duncan. It was a link to a house with a garden in our budget, the only problem being the location was really random and not anywhere that we had been looking! It was definitely worth viewing though and we thought we could really see ourselves there (after I did a bit of Google mapping to test out commute routes etc!). In the end we put in an offer and were accepted as the only ones to submit an offer at the closing date! That seemed too easy...

Next task, sell the flat. The long story short here is that the market in the Southside is wild, and God really used that for our benefit! We sold our flat for MORE than we bought our new house for! God had been making a way the whole time. We are now working on renovation plans and looking forward to how God will use our home in this next season! It's been a crazy year with all sorts of hardship and change, but throughout God has really seen us and the desires of our heart, and given us a beautiful house to make a home.

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Let’s springboard off these amazing stories of God’s residential blessing…if you (or anyone you know) have a housing need ask God for his provision with boldness and confidence today!