Not the answer we expected

Years ago, we bought our first house in Arkansas. It cost $25,000 for this small 3 bedroom 1 1/2 bath ranch home. After 7 years, we decided to move to Ohio and put it up for sale. It sold in a few days to a young couple from our church. 4 days before we were to close, after my husband had quit his police job and we had boxed everything up and rented the UHaul, the buyers bailed. We moved to Ohio with everything we owned, leaving an empty house, praying for another buyer so we could use the equity to get settled. What ended up happening was a land contract, small cash deposit to cover the closing fees and monthly payments for years. Because of that, we had no cash to buy another home, had to borrow from in-laws, find a cheap house in a tiny (population 400) town, commute miles to work. In this town, my daughter made a lasting friend named Carrie. She now lives 11 minutes from my daughter, has a new baby, is a teacher like her, with an Air Force husband. She is welcoming her into her church today, and will be there to help her navigate her new life. Because we did not get the answer we expected for the prayer we prayed for 27 years ago, my daughter has a friend in Alexandria. God is good like that.