Paul and Maxine

Mary woke up with a start from her deep sleep. She had to get a move on! It was 2.30 in the afternoon and she still hadn’t made the salad or taken the brush to the town yard. Sylvia had asked her to go earlier and Mary was glad of that after the fact. When they drove up to the site there was a long line of cars filled with tree branches and what have you from the recent tornado the town had experienced.
Mary and Sylvia had time to chit chat while they waited for their turn. Mary shared with Sylvia her news about the cottage. Sylvia was quiet when Mary told her that they would have to sell their house to buy it. Sylvia responded: “I’m going to miss you two”. Mary felt the awkward silence of not knowing what to say and could only agree she would miss her too.
After their jaunt to the dump Mary and Sylvia said their goodbyes and Mary prepared to go and pick up Robin. It was later, after dinner, while they waited for the real estate agents that they shared their concerns over buying this place. Would it be big enough? Where would they put all this stuff they had? Would they have to downsize? There were more questions than answers. However, the conversation passed the time and before you knew it both Maxine and her husband Paul showed up at their door.
The couple were a good team and Paul who had shown them the house originally was a broker so took charge of the procedures. He went through everything thoroughly and managed to clarify a rather technical document with ease. Mary was impressed. He was gifted in this area and she could see he loved doing it. While going over the papers Paul was able to share a little bit about himself. They were both church goers and humble people who didn’t broadcast their faith like a flag on a pole.
Mary admired this aspect because she knew too many christians that forgot they were human and had a life. These two did not. They seemed well balanced. While talking Paul shared he had been in an accident. He drove a motorcycle and one night a deer ran into him! Paul never knew what hit him! But he wondered why God kept him alive. Mary responded that perhaps it was for this moment in time to help her and Robin. Later after the couuple left Mary realized the truth of these words. Paul was a very special gifted man in an area Mary and Robin needed help most. Unlike the other realtors who had come to their house none impressed them as much as this man.
This interaction reassured Mary that God was at work unfolding his plan and using the right people to bring it all to fruition. It seems their timing was also right on as Maxine shared that all this week many couples had been through the cottage with other agents! As yet no one had put an offer in. However, to Mary it seemed a good thing she listened to God’s message from her dream and the scripture passage. Now the contract had been signed, a date set, and all they had to do was wait.