Quote of the Day

From our 3 year old Eleri this morning at breakfast:

“Mommy, Jesus lives in our tummies and he’s in yours taking good care of baby!”

Summer in Review

 

Eleri sailing with dear friends of ours

Want some olives? Adley

Eleri saying goodbye to her good friend Addi

Celebrating the 4th by listening to the Navy band live!...lots of memories

Hiking in the woods with mom

 

 

Camping at Smith Mountain Lake

 

Eleri enjoying lots of time by the water and learning how to swim!

Little prayers, Big answers

We are a week down now with David at his new job teaching high schoolers Bible.  God has been faithful and although the hours are long as he writes curriculum, I see that he is enjoying the challenge and joy of shaping young minds for Christ.  It has been an adjustment for the whole family to have dad gone for 12 hours a day, but God is giving us more strength than we could have imagined.  David was thankful when his prayer for a good nights sleep has been answered nightly in spite of the stress of each day and the uncertainty of the next.

As you all know, the countdown for our little one arriving continues.  We have been praying about what to do for a vehicle wondering if we’ll be able to fit 3 car seats in our Subaru station wagon.  At the same time we didn’t want to buy something that would require a loan since we know that we will only be here for a short time before launching to Brussels.  Without our knowledge, God was already working out the problem.  Some friends and supporters of ours had just purchased a new vehicle and wanted to get rid of their mini-van when God put it on their heart to offer it to us at half price.  Not only are we getting something we never dreamed was possible to afford, but we are acquiring it at just the right time, a month away from baby 3 arriving!!  This left us in speechless amazement.

For those of you who are housewives, you’ll appreciate this next answered prayer story.  We have tried for years to find a sweeper that does a good job sweeping the hard wood floors in our house.  All the sweepers we’ve had have either broken down, not done what they’re supposed to, and the latest one wouldn’t hold a charge.  David was content to sweep the floors with a broom and dust pan, but with my asthma and the fact that we DO live in the 21st century, I was praying for a different solution.  He agreed last week that we could invest in another sweeper so for the first time I read all the consumer reports on which one to get etc., so that this would be the LAST time we’d have to buy one.  Anyways, with the expenses of starting school I knew we’d have to wait until sometime in Sept. to even think of buying one, but I was praying for patience in the meantime.  Two nights ago I went over to a friend’s house who was moving to pick up some of the food and cleaning supplies that they needed to get rid of.  Along with the food she loaded a SWEEPER into our car.  SOOO, we finally have one that works great and for the first time in a month I can walk around in my bare feet without picking up all kinds of crumbs!

Does God answer little prayers?  We sure think so and hope that this is proof enough for you.  Of course if you need more stories we could talk about how God has provided a new wardrobe for David, a crib for the baby’s room, school supplies for the girls…but we’ll save them for another day.