Tonight Trey and I have a meeting with the city in which we live. Last year, when Atlanta flooded, so did our septic tank. Fortunately our home was dry but our yard had literally 3 feet of rushing water through it. So, our septic tank failed. Problem was, it continued to fail long after the flood waters receded. It cost anywhere from $400 to $700 to drain our tank and we were draining it every 10 days for months! Yes, we are still paying that off. We were in a desparate situation. We couldn't wash clothes, take regular baths, flush our toilets! It was gross and a very trying time. Fortunately, Trey did some research and found a temporary solution. It was an aerator that pumped oxygen into our tank so that proper bacteria could grow. And it has worked now for months! But it is temporary and we still are super careful not to use water on days it rains and not to use to much water in general. We recently got a soil test and found out that our soil can in NO way have another septic tank. We have to get on city sewage. Well, that sounds like an easy solution but its not. There is no easy access to it and one of our neighbours has been less than cooperative in allowing us to tap into his sewage .... wanting lots of money and land in exchange...yes, taking advantage of a desperate situation. Because we are not annexed into the city, they are not required to give us sewage. And the county? Well, they don't want to run sewage lines for just one property, even though our only other alternative is to have our house condemned. That's right....done, finito. Ok, so tonight we are meeting with our city to seek annexation along with some of our neighbours in hopes they will offer us sewage. We hope they can endure the cost instead of us. We will probably still have to pay a tap fee which is $5000 but that is better than 20,000 we will have to pay to do it through the county ourselves if they will even allow it. So please pray for us. We need sewage, its a basic necessity. And we need God to provide the money to do it. It is a giant undertaking, fighting the government. I had to write certified letters to the county commissioner, mayor, and city council just to get attention and somebody to listen to our plea. But I know God is bigger than this and I know He is our mediator. He has given us sanctuary over the last few months. Only He could have done that, made our tank miraculously start working when the odds were against it. Surely it is not His will for us to lose our home, but if it is, I'm tired of fretting over it. We will walk away from our mortgage just like half of America has done. After months of worry, almost a year now, I finally came to the conclusion that my house, and our credit, is just a thing and as long as I have my family little else matters. We can crowd into an apartment and be just as happy.