end result of the story is that after a long night of talking and praying, we told the owner what we could comfortably afford, and he said "i like you guys - let me talk to my wife" ... so we started praying again... but i guess his wife laid the smack down.
and of COURSE, that night, at our hall, they announced that we were going to have an RBC project at our hall the exact w/end we were planning on moving. so i guess we are getting some indications...