"I got something good" was all the text msg. said. 24 hour before I told my son to forget about the issues we were having with the apartment & that he should just start to focus on getting back to school & continue to strive for his long-term goal of getting into a good Law School. For a week we had pounded the cell phone text msgs, we had driven 4.5 hrs to & from to prep the apartment to look attractive to potential room-mates and nothing happened. Just a week before I asked God to intervene into our situation - & as the song said after you've done all you can just stand - I had left it to the Lord; we did what we could to that point.
So I am talking to a friend over the phone & the text msg came in ("I got something good"). I knew in my heart that the Lord has started to do his part. My son did not heed my words - by Thursday it was settled, we had an apartment for him not just for 1 year but potentially for the rest of his undergraduate college years - that's half of it. I still had the responsibility of a 1 year lease at an exorbitant figure...I know the Lord is going to make a way but I don't know when & I don't know how. Faith without works is death - so I started to work on this issue.
I asked for advice from a supportive friend - "Kis, signed a lease last April/May (I have to get a copy from the mgmt. company). The rent is $1,414 but $734 with a room-mate. I want to know if it’s given that if you can break the lease – with a penalty I would assume – or is it possible that we are locked in without recourse so to speak." My knowledgeable friend responded, "typically, he would be responsible for the agreed upon rent due for the duration of the contract. you might consider contacting the leaseholder directly to see if they would agree to negotiate to a flat penalty fee (explain hardship or something)... otherwise, they can sue him for the rent due. "
I decided to wait with the intention of negotiating a flat manageable penalty fee.
On Friday I was @ home relaxing to get ready for a long ride & moving to the new apartment the following day. Then my cell phone went off it was a number I did not recognize with the text msg. - "Hi, I am willing to take your apartment (#103, University Club, College Park, MD) on lease. Please let me know till when can you vacate it. Thanks."
Clearly, my first response is to give thanks to God. I have seen the works of the Lord before but it always amazes me how great & real God is in our lives.
On Saturday we took care of moving my son into his new apartment and about 10 minutes ago he told me someone at the Club called him to say you're release from your lease.
I am so grateful to the Lord for supporting us through this ordeal, for giving my son the opportunity to experience the Lord's power and to start another semester on one of those college campuses I love so well.
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I just love how you include the Lord in every aspect of your life. It is important that your children see that and hopefully later on in their own life they will include the Lord in their own decision making. Also I see what I have to look forward to with my own child when she gets to the college phase.
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