A few days ago, before heading out to go to church, I noticed some spots on our wall by the curtains. So when I looked closer and looked behind the curtains, guess what i found? Mold. Ew!
Since I was running late, I ran out the door and went to church. Meanwhile, Christina began investing the rest of our house and discovered that we had mold all over our house wherever there were curtains by the windows.
We had been praying about moving for a while, so it seemed like this was the perfect opportunity. So I contacted our landlord, and she came down right away, while Christina was home and I was at church, and she looked at the mold. Immediately, she began blaming us because we had the humidifier going and we were drying our laundry in the living room. Her solution? Just open the windows.
Great solution, eh?
Anyway, when I came home, I looked at all the mold, and Christina told me just how dangerous and harmful it was to our daughter, so I immediately went up to our landlord and demanded that she either clean the mold or we’re leaving. She chose the latter. She told me, “Sure then leave.” Upon asking her what she’s going to do about renting out our place, she replied, “That’s not your problem, it’s mine.” (I know her response sounded a bit harsh, but it wasn’t actually that bad. She understood we had to take care of our daughter).
So that night, I went to Dongdaemoon and looked at a few places. We thought, if we moved a bit out of central Seoul, we could get more space for a cheaper place. No luck. I didn’t like the places I saw. So while I was driving home, I was praying about this whole situation and then all of a sudden, God placed an impression on my heart to go look at Bogwang-dong (a location that is central Seoul and close to church). So I did.
When I got there, it was 8:40 pm and only one real estate agent was open. I parked and when I tried to go in, it was locked. So I phoned the place and one of the real estate agents answered and told me that he would be there in 10 minutes. When I told him what I wanted, he told me he knew of a couple of places. So when he came, we went to this one apartment in Bogwang-dong, and right when we entered it, I knew that this was the place.
The next day, I brought Christina to the place, and she agreed.
So we’re moving! We’re moving next Tuesday!!
Wow, what a testimony to God’s providence and his perfect will.
beth says
Dude, that is AWESOME! When God drops a solution like that on you, you can’t ignore it! I’m happy to hear that things progressed so quickly, when you find mold it’s gotta be terrible to just hang around and wait… but again and again God provides!! ^.^ I’m psyched for you guys…
Daniel Im says
Thanks so much. Where are you guys looking for a new place?
beth says
(any room for us there?!?!)
^.~
Daniel Im says
3 bedrooms! plenty of room!
Ludy says
Praise God!!! So happy for you guys!!!
And it’s so close to church. God is definitely amazing.
By the way… Daniel, you have a car now??? I’m so out of things… hehe.
Daniel Im says
Thanks Ludy! God is definitely amazing and we love the location. And yes we do have a car. That was also a story of God’s providence – we got it for free 😀
Daniel Im says
Thanks Ludy! God is definitely amazing and we love the location. And yes we do have a car. That was also a story of God’s providence – we got it for free 😀
Gina Jones says
WOW!!! You’re lucky… mold is very bad for a developing baby, and also for u guys…. good thing you got out while u could…. =)
Daniel Im says
Keun,
Yeah definitely – it’s a blessing that we were able to get out as fast as are.
Dan says
Daniel,
That’s so awesome man! Praise God! I’m glad for you guys and hope the move goes well.
Ashley says
praise God~!
Erin Lee says
yay!!! did you hear that our new church office is in the same complex! i can’t wait to visit your family and attempt to steal victoria hehe
Christian Lee says
So this is what happened!!! MOLD!? Are you serious? I would’ve been pretty concerned too.
I’m glad you guys got to move! Would love to see you sometime neighbor!
Daniel Im says
Thanks. We def should see each other soon. R u in the office every day?
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