Waiting on God's Job

After 5 months of waiting, my husband started working at his full time job with stellar medical benefits on Dec. 13th! Prior to our move to North Carolina he began filling out applications in the area. By July he flew to NC for two weeks hoping to have some interviews. He came home with nothing. Not one interview. His only job lead was given to someone else. Our hope was to leave Kansas with a job waiting for him in NC so there wouldn’t be much lag time between paychecks. That simply didn’t happen. Believing that going to seminary in North Carolina was what God wanted for our family, we followed through on our moving plans.

The Joy of Cooking???

Learning to enjoy cooking has been a slow process for me. When I was a kid both of my parents worked so I grew up fixing dinner after school before they came home. My Mom taught me fast, economical recipes that took very little skill. We had a big, busy family and had to fix enough to fill everyone up without breaking the budget. This information proved very valuable to me during our first years of marriage and also the more penny pinching times while Moriah’s medical care was so intense. Typically, I found that recipes intimidated me if they involved too many ingredients or took too much time.

Giving Thanks

In recent years we have begun to say what we are thankful for as we sit around the food laden table on Thanksgiving. It’s a neat tradition and a great reminder of how incredibly blessed we are. It’s so easy to go through each day and take for granted everyone and everything we have in our lives. So here are a few things I’m thankful for. Be glad you’re reading this now and not hearing it over dinner, or your food would get cold!

What Would Jesus Tip?

Travis and I had an interesting interaction this week. After realizing it had been 14 weeks since having our hair cut, we decided it was time to venture out and use the Great Clips coupons we had received in the mail. We arrived there a little after 10am to find two stylists busy with two adorable little boys, and no one else waiting in line. The boys finished up, got their suckers, and we were next.

Run Girl Run!

I reconnected with a pair of old friends this week . . . My running shoes.

 

Hugs from God - Daily Blessings from my Heavenly Father

We’ve been in North Carolina nine weeks now! WOW!

Most people we’re getting to know ask if we are “settled in” yet. I’ve thought a lot about that question, especially since I’ve lived my entire life up to this point in Kansas. Nine weeks is a short amount of time compared to my years “back home”. But I do think we are adapting-something our family has learned a little bit about with all Moriah‘s medical challenges. After adapting to four months of living in a hospital, I’m thinking I’ll need at least that long to “settle in” to life in North Carolina.

God's Word, A Comfort in Trials (2.0)

Earlier this year I spent 4 months in a children’s hospital with our daughter. While there we received tons of cards and care packages from our family and our church family. Our “card wall” was a wonderful testimony of the love we share in Christ to all who entered our room.