“We could tell you who we are or what we do, but somehow, it feels like you already know us... So instead we’ll just say this: We believe in what God will do in this home, and we really want to make it ours. if you’d accept our offer, we would be so grateful.”
Letter to the owners of our first home, included with our offer, August 2021
There’s just something about a house that feels like home. Maybe it’s the flowers off the front porch or the way the light finds its way in through every window. Maybe It’s the childlike playfulness that exists in every pop of color, or the story-worn chairs around the kitchen table. The adventures painted in the photos on the wall, or the tiny clothes and big dreams that hang in the back closet. Maybe It’s the way a house sits after it’s seen so many celebrations, or the way quality time & belly laughs hang in the air. Maybe these are the reasons it feels so familiar. Maybe these are the reasons your house feels like home.
From the big dreamers who want to live here, we wanted to say hello. We wanted to say that this will be the place we have our first baby. The place where a hundred friends will come & go. A place used for ministry and summertime dinner parties. A place full of muddy paw-prints and barefoot dances. A place covered in stories of answered prayers & steadfast love. I’ll keep flowers in the house, and Michael will turn neighbors into friends. And day by day, this little space on El Campo Avenue will grow full of our own memories.
Then one day, when the very same couple that knocked on your door knocks on ours, we’ll give them the key. Trusting that long after we go, God’s goodness & favor will remain here. Trusting that our time here wasn’t so much spent as it was savored.
We could tell you who we are or what we do, but somehow, it feels like you already know us... So instead we’ll just say this: We believe in what God will do in this home, and we really want to make it ours. if you’d accept our offer, we would be so grateful.
Thank you so much for your consideration,
Sara & Michael Ellington