Monday, June 15, 2015

- June 15, 2015

I guess you have noticed that I took an extended break from blogging. There have been several times the last few months that I had ever intention of sitting down and catching you up on our life, but it just did not happen. We have been in our house 3 months and we are LOVING it! It is so nice to come home now. It has added extra housework, but I actually do not mind cleaning because it is so easy to clean and it actually looks clean after I have spent the time cleaning. I have come to realize how dire my laundry situation was in the apartment now that I can do laundry whenever I need or want to. I still hate folding socks, so not everything has changed :). We have been busy with kid's activities and we have had some difficult situations that we have had to work through with all three kids over the last few weeks. Our kids are in a new stage of their life (especially Samuel) and we are learning new ways to parent. The kids have a busy last week of school (yes, we are still in school), so today is really the only free day I have this week.

Yesterday we celebrated Samuel's 10th Gotcha Day! We went to Detroit 10 years ago to pick Samuel up and bring him home. He really has been a joy and blessing since that first moment he was placed into our arms. We were actually in Detroit over the weekend for a wedding and visit with Jeremy's brother and his family and we could not help but relive those eager moments waiting for him in Detroit. Samuel is a funny, adventurous, smart, and amazing boy! He has grown and changed so much over this school year and my prayer is that God will continue to mold and shape his life and that Samuel's life will continue to be used to bring God glory.

I have been hesitant about posting this urgent prayer request. My reasons for being hesitant are probably silly, but none the less I feel like I am being very vulnerable posting this need. We need God to intervene with Jeremy's job situation for next year. Has of today he does not have a job lined up starting July 1st. He will get a few paychecks through July and we do have some money set aside to get us through if we miss a few paychecks, but we have an urgent need that a position will be offered to him by the end of this month. It has been a very frustrating situation because there have been several opportunities open for him to interview and each time they would go on-and-on about how much they liked him and were really impressed with him and then offered the position to someone else. He currently has a principal that really wants to hire him for an assistant principal position, but the budget for next year has not been released yet and the budget situation in our city is an absolute mess so it is very possible that the funds will not be there for him to be hired by that school. We are both skilled and educated people so we both can get a job somewhere, but it would be very disheartening if I had to go back to work and if Jeremy had to take a classroom position or some other job he is not passionate about. That still small voice inside it whispering that God is working this out even if it does not feel like it. He knows our needs and our desires and He keeps reminding me of all the steps He has been faithful and He did not lead us to this point to leave us scrambling. I just really need prayer. I need peace to wash over my heart, mind, and spirit and uproot the fear and anxiety that has taken hold of me. I thought I was keeping my anxiety under wraps, but the three fever blisters that popped up last week on my lip have given me away. We desperately need your prayers.