Another Step of Faith

Well, I'm sure you're all waiting with bated breath to find out how our visit to PBU went yesterday. And I would have blogged about it last night, but we were stuck in the Mother Of All Traffic Jams! It took us 4 hours to go 5 miles . . . yes, you read this correctly . . . 4 hours!!!! And let me tell you, you learn a lot about yourself & the rest of your family when you're stuck in a car, not moving, for that length of time. And . . . I broke the law. I freely admit it. When 5 o'clock rolled around (an hour after Peyton was due to be fed) we just couldn't take the crying anymore! So we got her out of her carseat so she could eat. This, of course, was after I sought my dad's wise counsel on the matter & he assured me that we weren't moving fast enough to have an accident! And then what are you going to do when your 2-year-old (who has been an ANGEL all day long) looks at you with those big blue eyes & says, "My hiney hurts." So Caleigh took a little breather from her carseat as well. Forgive me.

Thursday night, as Jason & I sat down to have a prayer time for our visit to PBU, we both said that we needed to be prepared for Satan to be working overtime to thwart whatever God was planning to do on Friday. And we were right. But although he may be the prince of the power of the air, he is no match for the ALL-POWERFUL CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE!!!! We were able to get both girls out of bed, fed, dressed, & into the car at a reasonable hour. We stopped at Sheetz to gas up, grab a soda, & then headed for the highway. Not 4 miles from home, we got stuck in a traffic jam for an hour!!!! Bumper to bumper (which just makes last night's traffic jam even funnier). So we had to call the school & let them know we would be late . . . very late.

We got to the school & took the tour. We loved the campus ~ library, classrooms, student lounges, everything!! The university has a lot to offer in the way of cutting-edge technology. But it wasn't until our meeting with Financial Aid that things really started to take off. We sat down & crunched the numbers with a financial aid rep & discovered that non-loan money (grants, scholarships, merit awards, etc.) should cover all but $2000 of Jason's tuition!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!! Then we had a delicious lunch at the university cafeteria, then headed off for a meeting with a woman from the Married Student Housing department. Things went well & we were even able to see 2 of the apartments. Granted, they're not the Ritz, but I see a lot of potential.

So what's next & more importantly, how can you pray? We do have a few specific requests: 1) pray that we will be able to pay the rest of Jason's tuition without having to take any loans ~ 2) pray that we will be able to secure an apartment through the university's housing (we are on a waiting list & should know by March if we can claim one of the apartments) ~ 3) pray that we will be able to afford the rent on the apartment (it is VERY expensive, but not as expensive as renting outside the university) ~ 4) pray that God will continue to give us wisdom as we take our next steps in the Great Adventure (filing paperwork, selling our home, finding a new job in the area, etc.).

Okay, so we didn't get home until 9 o'clock . . . our girls were angels & were in bed before 10 despite Satan's best efforts. He's such a sore loser.