Choctaw Church Purchases the House Next Door

CHOCTAW, OKLA. – The Choctaw Seventh-day Adventist Church recently took a big step, even though we are not totally sure where this step will lead!

Our church is a “country church” located in the small town of Choctaw, a few miles east of Oklahoma City. Recently, we had an opportunity we never expected.

Directly to the south of our church sits a small frame house. For most of us, it has always been just a mostly overlooked part of the landscape. But recently that changed.

The church’s leadership called a business meeting a few months ago and informed us that the house next door, with its surrounding property, was for sale.

The owner had recently passed away, and she had told her children that she would like to give our church the first opportunity to make an offer to buy her house.

One of the children even remembered their mom sending them to play on the south side of the house on Sabbath mornings so they would not disturb our worship. They had always been good and quiet neighbors.

This offer was a totally unexpected opportunity, and we were unsure about it. However, at our business meeting, we prayerfully discussed the offer and even toured the house and looked at the property.

After some discussion, those attending the meeting voted almost unanimously to make an offer on the house.

Our offer was accepted and we recently closed on the property!

We are still not sure where this purchase will lead, but isn’t that the fun of receiving unexpected opportunities from our heavenly Father?

Stay tuned for future details of this unfolding story! We expect to have exciting updates to share in the near future!

By Robin Sagel