We just got back last Saturday night from the most AWESOME vacation EVER!!!!! We headed up to our family cabin in the Poconos for a week of relaxation & recharge before seminary classes started. As a "thanks for everything," we took our wonderful friends, the Nygards & their 3 kids. What a fantastic week!!! We arrived late on Sunday night. It poured most of the day on Monday, but we did get a chance to head out to the world famous American Candle Factory.
Tuesday was absolutely gorgeous, so we took the kids & a picnic lunch to the beach. The kids had a great time building a sand castle with quite possibly the most elaborate moat I've ever seen.
That night, we built a campfire, roasted marshmallows, & enjoyed partaking in general silliness. Evan was, by far, the expert Marshmallow Roaster!
On Thursday, in celebration of Heather's birthday, we took the kids to Claws 'N Paws Animal Park. The kids had a great time learning about all sorts of different animals. They had the opportunity to feed & pet goats, deer, & sheep, as well as petting tortoises, & feeding the zoo's beautiful giraffe, Twigga.
Other highlights of our week included pizza at Alfredo's, a lesson in pretzel-making at Callie's Pretzel Factory, & a rousing game of Dutch Blitz with Kris, the sloppy Blitz player.
We were sad to leave (just ask Isaiah), but are counting the days until we can go back again next year.
As for our life at Evangelical, Jason official started his first class this week. It has been one of our most difficult weeks, but also one of our most rewarding. The Lord provided Jason with a part-time job doing estimating work. It does not offer health benefits, but it gives him plenty of hours & pays well. Jason is loving his class & is learning a lot. God also provided a 2nd car for us that Jason is picking up at this very moment. The car was offered to us at only $100!! (It's worth well over than that!) Thank you to the family members who purchased this car for us & got it road worthy! But perhaps the biggest praise came just yesterday . . .
I received the bill for Jason's first semester . . . due on the 21st. After student loans were applied, we still owed over $900. We only had about half of that after paying yet another month's mortgage. I went to bed on Thursday night begging the Lord to provide. On Friday afternoon, I received a revised school bill in the mail with $1000 credit added to our account!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We don't have to pay a dime this semester! The Lord is faithful!!
But, of course, Satan just can't leave well-enough alone. Please continue praying for us. Jason & I have both been very under the weather this week. Also, we cannot apply for CHIP for the girls until Jason gets his first paycheck. Please pray for God's protection over our girls while we are without health insurance. And, as also, pray that our house will sell soon!!!!
3 comments:
Mrs. D!
I was priviledged to spend some time with the lovely Sonya Heffner on Saturday night, and she filled me in on the existence of your blog and your jewelry-making business. (This is after I gushed about what a great influence you were on me in high school.)
I am very excited for you and what is going on in your life, and I will certainly be praying for you.
(This is the girl you know as "Sarah Lauterback" speaking- I got married in January.)
God is so good and provides amazing blessings taking some time to thank one of them and letting her know how much she is loved and appreciated (and will be missed tremendously)
love ya babe!!
Good post.
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