Deperate Seminary Housewife

It's Sunday night & I'm looking on as my wonderful husband & sweet little girl build a princess castle out of blocks. They are storing up special moments that will hopefully get each of them through the week.

Jason has another major paper due on Thursday, so this is how our week will go (if all goes as planned ~ ha ha):

Monday ~ Jason leaves for work early in the morning & then goes straight from work to the library until 10 pm.

Tuesday ~ Jason leaves for work early, comes home at 12:30 for lunch & then heads off to class until 9:30 pm.

Wednesday ~ Jason leaves for work early. Before he gets home, the girls & I will have already left for dinner at church, nursery, & Cubbies. We'll get back home around 9:30 pm.

Thursday ~ Jason will be in class from 8:15 am to 3 pm. The girls & I will be leaving right after dinner to have some pictures taken (thanks to Nana).

Friday ~ Jason will be working half a day. As soon as he gets home, I'll leave for work.

So we Dickinson girls will be on our own this week. We live for the weekends, the time when we truly do store up special moments with Jason that will last us until we get time with him again the next weekend. It's an adjustment. We're used to having him around & accessible A LOT! But we're learning to treasure every moment that we do have together.

We have had some great examples of the goodness of God this weekend. As many of you know, the oil heater at the house we're selling was leaking water. There were many possibilities of what it could have been ~ ranging from $10 to $3000! We were envisioning the worst! A friend from church (who is very knowledgeable in this area) met Jason at the house on Saturday to help him tackle the project. And much to our amazement, it was just a $10 gasket!!! The part has been replaced & everything is working great!! God is good!

As if that weren't enough to praise Him about, through the generosity of a fellow brother & sister in Christ, our mortgage for November has been paid!! And we all breathe a collective sigh of relief. *sigh* But it gets better . . .

Family members have graciously provided the money to buy the oil that we need for the house so we can keep the pipes from freezing!!

"So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' {Or 'How shall we heat our house or pay our mortgage?'} For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well {along with multiplied diapers, free babysitters, and Christmas presents you forgot you bought last year}. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow {or next month or next semester}, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

There is no human reason why we should still be surviving. We've been here at the seminary for almost 5 months with an unsold house. The numbers never add up ~ the money going out is always greater then the money coming in. But God's ways aren't man's ways. Thank goodness!!